Southwark

Mission

Here we mow again!

2 GoodGymers made their way to help an isolated older person in Southwark.

  • Vic
  • Lucia Z
 
Sunday, 2nd of June 2019

Lucia and I (Vic) arrived at Ms Z’s house at the exact same time which was a good sign that the task would be a good one! We met Ms Z and her two close friends who would be helping us while Ms Z would make it her mission to keep offering to feed and water us! The lawn itself was starting to get a bit overgrown but nothing we weren’t able to tackle with a bit of enthusiasm and all the tools we were provided with, including our two helpers who had been meaning to start it but “needed a bit of encouragement” (their words not ours!)

I was quite keen to have a go at the mowing while Lucia got stuck in to weeding the borders and patio area while we had a chat and got to know each other, and Ms Z’s lovely friends who did a fine job of cutting back some rather wild looking bushes.

We enjoyed the sunshine before stepping back to admire our handiwork. The lawn was now looking like a lawn again, the bushes trimmed back and the borders weeded.

We were thanked profusely and after reassuring Mrs Z that we would absolutely manage to make the short journey home without provisions we said goodbye, leaving Mrs Z and her friends able to enjoy the space safely.

Report written by Vic


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Dom Tooze
Dom Tooze
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Monday June 3rd, 2019 12:53

Sounds great, well done both. It's great that you didn't just help Mrs Z, but gave those around her more confidence to support her as well!

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