Ealing

Mission

Toolio: Sharer's Paradise

3 GoodGymers made their way to help an isolated older person in Ealing.

  • Sevan
  • Kash
  • Madhan
 
Saturday, 26th of August 2023

Sitting having lunch with his fellow missioneers, Kash and Madhan, Sevan called Miss J as requested an hour before the start time of the mission. Miss J told Sevan that the tools that she was expecting to have, a lawnmower and a strimmer weren't available. In fact, she had no tools at all. That would be a bit of a problem when tackling a large overgrown garden.

Kash, Madhan and Sevan decided to go and take a look anyway. They'd already had a big lunch to power themselves for the mission and Miss J's house was only 5 minutes walk away, so there wasn't much to lose. When they arrived, there were indeed no tools and while the garden was a bit overgrown, it wasn't as bad as they'd been lead to expect, nor as large.

The trio thought that they'd be able to pull a few weeds. There was no way apparent way to cut the grass or chop the brambles. At this moment, Madhan transformed into Toolio. He peered over to the neighbouring garden and said

Next door's garden looks really neat. I'll go and see if I can borrow some tools from them

Sevan was sceptical. Trying to borrow stuff in London?! Well, he was proved wrong. Madhan must've lived most his life livin' in a sharer's paradise. A few minutes later, Toolio passed a pair of shears over the fence, then a saw and then a lawnmower wheeled its way into Miss J's garden. With the borrowed tools, the trio got to work chopping back the brambles and cutting the grass.

Half way through the mission, someone asked "wasn't it supposed to rain today?" 10 minutes later, the skies darkened and thunder was heard in the distance. 5 minutes after that, rain and then hail started pelting down. Conscious that they were using someone else's tools, everything was quickly packed up, moved under cover and eventually back to the friendly neighbour's house where the GoodGymers thanked her profusely.

Despite the early finish, Miss J's garden was a lot tidier. There's a new pile of grass, brambles and weeds stacked up against the fence, ready for a mission in the future to finish tidying and to bag the remaining brambles.

Report written by Sevan


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John Shirley
John Shirley
Saturday August 26th, 2023 23:17

Great report. btw Things definitely do get borrowed in London

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