Diane

Mrs P needed a few things from Tesco so despite the biblical rain on Friday morning, I dashed to buy the items on her list. I’m glad she was able to stay indoors on such a damp day.

Mrs J needed help moving a sofa so she can return from hospital.

We had a little help from a friend of Mrs J who had just finished painting the corridor. The sofa was large and the corridor was narrow, and we had the newly painted walls to try and keep clean. The challenge was on.

Our first attempt didn't go to plan, we got it to the front door but couldn't get it out.

We returned the sofa to the living room ready to see what we could do to make it smaller. We thought the legs might unscrew, but after many attempts that was not the case.

We knew we'd have to put our heads together to get it out. It took a bit of tetris thinking; a shift into another room; lots of left, right, up, down and tilting around corners; and then we did it. Sofa outside and 3 very relieved faces!

Now Mrs J has the space for her new bed so she can come home and enjoy her space again

I popped over to North Clapham this afternoon to help Mr P with a three-part task: topping up Mr P’s electricity meter key, posting a letter, and picking up some shopping. By far the most stressful element was making sure I chose the right cat food... Mr P was very grateful - my pleasure!

A busy session at GROAD (Get Rid Of And Donate) in North Dulwich. Karen & I arrived in the rain, and started out helping to shift some of the latest stock into a storage shed out the back of the community hall. As the sun came out, the donations started to arrive: boxes and bags of all sorts of unwanted or unneeded bits for us to sort through, organise and then re-box and re-bag: teenie tiny babygrows and bibs; jeans for all sizes, ages and genders; kitchenware and crockery; jigsaw puzzles and books; trainers and boots; toiletries and pillow cases. Almost everything dropped off to us was in great condition. I'm sure that the onward recipients of the gorgeous Burberry jumpers will be delighted - and I hope that the donated bikinis get some use this summer too. Goes without saying that by the time Karen & I locked up, the rain re-started... another damp run home.