A session with two purposes at the garden at St Mary's, the first was to walk with my 'coach' and her carer and introduce them to the people running the Tuesday gardening project and then do some work myself. It was a real success on both fronts - Coach M had a lovely time. I was trusted with turning and moving compost!

This was the third attempt at sorting a load of washing out for flat bound Mr T - he lives in a block of flats with a washing machine he can’t get to due to an operation. For the third time it was full of someone else’s washing had been left after the cycle ended.

We’d worked out a plan B for this time - I’d take it to a laundrette for him. It’s not ideal as it is a couple of miles from his home. I am working on a plan c for next time.

The ticket implies that I am part of the washing…

The lovely Ms S had asked for some help with moving some of her artwork. Some of her pairings are delightful but we weren’t able to make much progress with sorting them as there was nowhere to put them. She is going to buy some specialist folders for next time. However, the artwork is just the tip of the iceberg - there is a lot of clutter in boxes and bags and it is overwhelming her. This is compounded by a need to move things from window cills and clear space around windows to enable her landlord to replace them. She will need a lot of help with this. We were able to clear a small amount and I took it down to the bins, but it was just a tiny fraction of what is needed.

The usual Lewisham duo of Adi and Paul were making a difference in different bits of the borough. Adi was out early on Saturday in Sydenham's Mayow Park, whilst Paul picked up litter alongside the Ravensbourne in Deptford the day before.

A small but committed group set out from Glass Mills on a lovely Bank Holiday evening. In order to make the most of the remaining sun, we deviated from our usual route to Seniors to take in the heights & sights of Blithe Hill Fields.

On arrival, our sextet was split to tackle 3 tasks: weeding the planter beds, digging out and planting for a new vine, and weeding in the courtyard.

Even though it had only been 2 weeks since our last visit, a previous vine could already be seen starting its assent of the arch installed that previous Monday!

Enjoying the extended daylight, we didn’t wrap til a little after 20:00, when cleaned beds were left in favour of the Blythe Hill Tavern - well it was technically still the weekend, after all!

Course check at Catford parkrun was Jeff's first GG activity and his first ever parkrun too! Paul and Jeff picked a couple of black bags full of litter and moved a pair of Lime Bikes, then ran parkrun together.