It's just a stage I'm going through

Meeting up with Tariq and Des from the Save The World Club in Berrylands was like meeting up with comedy greats, Morecombe and Wise. Quick wit, funny puns and these two riffing off each other (and us), even when when we were hoicking sofas into the van. A quick tour round the circulatory revealed the Aladdin's Cave of furniture, bric-a-brac and all manner of weird and wonderful things. Claire recounted the last visit where there was a room of mirrors and the GoodGymers had fun trying on a box of hats. Not this time, sadly, as our job was to move old mouldy couches from outside to make room for a firepit. We nearly lost Dave when he put his foot through the stage but the show must go on. Heavy leather sofas with metal mechanisms that got caught in ladders and pallets gave us a good workout and getting them into the van to maximise the space was the tricky bit. Sofa so good. Fortunately, Melissa works in operations so she figured out the logistics - she must be a terrific Tetris player. Underneath the couches was a kayak - canoe believe it!

Once the van was full with the larger items we headed over to the front of the building where we collected old bits of unwanted plastic and filled the gaps in the van. Rain stopped play in the end as a windy rainstorm saw us say goodbye to Tariq and Des. It's a hard job saving the world but they do it in great humour.