An excellent "cross border" turnout this evening at the Hackney Adventure playground as we were joined by Lucinda, Kareem and Chris from Tower Hamlets, and welcomed Joke (from Newham) to her first mission.

There was rain in the air when we arrived at the gates with the usual air of nervous expectancy as to what Ange actually had planned for us this evening - "shifting stuff" proved to be the best description, as she showed us an area round the back of the centre where wooden panels, old crash mats, sinks(!), plastic boxes, bits of shed, guttering and a lot else beside was slowly being enveloped by the undergrowth. In preparation for an upcoming inspection she needed it moved to another area - and with that we got to work.

After a good 45 minutes of non stop back and forth, we had the whole place cleared, and all that remained to be moved were some water catching roof panels, and a couple of strangely shaped "mystery items"...Ange explained that these had been parts from a film set recreating the cave paintings in Lascaux France, and which had been donated to the playground to amuse the children (who apparently were pretty non plussed...). We also perhaps didn't treat them with the reverence they deserved as we soon had them tossed on top of the pile of everything else, and with that we bid our farewells to Ange for another week and ran off into the damp evening.

"It should be a fairly straightforward job as it's just to attach it back using the string and hooks."

Another classic where the tin didn't really describe the challenge presented to us this evening, albeit it was a very heavy mirror that most definitely required two of us on the job, and a fair bit of practical problem solving on how best to get the mirror hanging properly, safely and (most importantly to Ms F), straight and level on her wall. After a few tries, and straightening of hooks, we had it back in place and with a few gentle nudges, hanging straight once again - Ms F was delighted, as were we - so much so we then retired to the pub afterwards to celebrate our efforts.

A much milder Monday afternoon in west London today for Mr R's weekly shop - as always he was well prepared and even had in his hand the tin of sardines that he wanted - we do like visual references! For some reason Little Gem lettuces remain hard to find in this corner of London, and Mr R was happy not to have any substitute - and so I was soon back with treasure in hand, which included plentiful sources of vitamin C. We had a good chat at the door about the various (joint related mobility) challenges he's currently dealing with, and I wished him well for another week.