Three happy Goodgymmers (Lily, Sarah and Sevan) braved the howling winds and spent a solid hour and a half clearing, cleaning and organising the outdoor toy shed at Walthamstow Toy Library, in the hope that preparation for warmer climes might lure back the spring sunshine! The task looked a little daunting at first glance, but we tackled it admirably with all hands on deck, together with Mel from the Toy Library who was standing in for Helen this evening. Buckets, spades, rakes and water toys were organised, footballs gathered into boxes and stacked on shelves in the shed, while rocking horses, scooters and pedal cars were stationed neatly outside, ready for action. Now all we need is some sunshine so that the Toy Library's lovely little customers can have some outside play time. The newly organised toy shed will certainly make all the resources on offer much easier for little hands to access. Well done GGWF - another excellent job done - and a very big thank you to Sevan, who trekked all the way from GG Ealing to give us some support - that's dedication!

For the first part of Kash and Sevan's mission double header for Ms F was to buy groceries from the local Waitrose before Ms F's favourite cheese sold out for the day. Helping Ms F was a regular, recent mission for Kash while for Sevan, he was last there 18 months ago or more.

The pair split the shopping list based on their specialisms to speed things up. Sevan looked for veggies and fruit while Kash shopped for proteins. The last thing to pick up was the heaviest, the weekly 6 bottles of Buxton water. This time, there were no multipacks on the shelves, so 6 individual bottles were organised into their 2 baskets.

At the cashier, the conveyor belt was playing up. It only had 2 modes, off or fast-and-non-stop. The latter fired the bottles, jars, cartons and packets towards the cashier causing a pile up. She stayed calm and even tried to help the GoodGymers find a cheaper multipack of water. Five minutes later and with the help of 2 other colleagues, a 6 pack was unloaded from a cage... and it didn't scan at the till. It was labelled as "to be sold as singles only" 🤦.

Ms F's groceries were bagged up, including the original single water bottles.

"Did you pack the milk?" - Sevan
"I think so" - Kash

...but it wasn't packed. You can play spot the bottle in the photos as Sevan did in real life. In the conveyor chaos, it had hidden itself behind the till's screen. It was found and went into the carrier bags too, leaving the pair grateful that they'd forget milk not.

Visiting Ms F on a Wednesday night after work, Sevan and Kash smoothly transitioned from a grocery delivery service crew into luggage carriers, ready to transport the lady's treasure chest (yet another sign that she was a pirate) from the top floor down to the basement. Sevan had already done the warm up, carrying six large water bottles upstairs!

The (in)famous, old lift in the building was too small to fit the trunk inside, even if the chest was to go down on its own, so the GoodGymers had to descend six storeys with the oversized box using the stairs. The trunk, containing Ms F's winter outfits, was more clunky to hold than heavy, but wasn't even close to posing a real challenge for the seasoned GoodGymers.

After dropping the chest at the basement, Sevan, Kash and Ms F went back to the fifth floor (Kash for the third time by stairs) to enjoy some water after work.

It's wonderful. There's so much space now! - Ms F exclaimed.

What an impactful night for Ms F it has been!