I visited Mrs M a few weeks ago to tidy up her front garden and promised that I’d return to do the same in the back yard.

Thankfully, Richard, wanting to make good use of a day off, persuaded me to keep trying after our earlier attempts to find a suitable mission to do together were continually thwarted by potential beneficiaries’ ill health (lots of bugs doing the rounds). We finally struck gold with Mrs M being well enough to receive us and keen to get her garden sorted.

We were able to trim back an overhanging tree, pull/dig out some weeds, trim back some plants and bag up all the cuttings much to the delight of Mrs M who rewarded us with a very welcome cuppa and some of her lovely ginger biscuits.

A day off very much put to good use!