He was very nice and had a lot of stories to tell. We bonded over our shared knowledge of different parts of London. I also got to hear some good stories about his younger life. The shopping was relatively straight forward.

She was very complimentary about me which is always nice.The supermarket had all the items on the shopping list which is a first. I tried a small amount of tech support but no good.

Before we arrived, three local members of the Kennistoun House and Willingham Close TRA were already busy working on their community garden - a green oasis tucked behind the back streets of Kentish Town

GoodGymers joined in dribs and drabs, until we'd tripled the number of people on-site! Welcome especially to Sophie, from the other side of the Borough, on her first ever good deed!

Caitlin joined us all the way from China, via a star turn on the BBC, while Alison's Dad's just been on telly in Canada! We were also joined by Imogen, sometimes known as Isobel, but only by stand-in task force members with a loose grasp of name recognition

Our task involved ripping out grass where it wasn't wanted - in the flower beds - removing weeds, and tidying the edge of the grass so it formed a nice border with the beds

After an hour's work,described as "transformative" by task owner Hilda, it only remained for us to tidy our tools and tickle a golden tummy!

90 wonderful (and sunny) minutes at the Regent's Park Running Track

This brilliant group ran the laps (upon laps (upon laps)) before stopping for conversation-filled post-run coffee :)

Thank you for a lovely few hours, everyone!

P.S. Thank you, Steph, for the wonderful photos!

Mr T seems to be shaking off the tail end of whatever has been afflicting him these past few weeks, but is still not eating as much as usual, so he wanted my advice (!) today on what items he/I could buy that would give him lighter meals. After a lengthy discussion we agreed on a selection of cooked chicken/ham slices from M&S, and I headed that way before dropping into Tesco, Boots and finally Lidl to sweep up the rest. A somewhat unexpected post shop discussion about the benefits of bamboo cotton as a material for surviving the hot weather then ensued (I'll admit I'm tempted to give it a try based on his recommendation...).

In mid-August heat 10 wonderful GoodGymers caught a lovely evening in Kentish Town!

Cressfield Close is an unassuming cul-de-sac — houses and quiet — and yet hiding special community spaces!

There's the city farm — with goats and guinea pigs and sheep and more — and there's also the sheltered housing, which was our home for the evening :)

This lovely group — Alex, Alison, Claire (on their first Camden good deed – great to meet you!), Danny, Jackie, Jessica (on their first good deed — welcome!), John, Lydia, and Steve — were welcomed by residents Marie and Michael, and we got quickly to our evening work.

The communal garden is a bountiful space (fruits, vegetables, and flowers aplenty) and we were tasked with targeting the thistles and weeds that have sprung over the summer.

Armed with trowels and forks, this group donned gloves and made light work of everything — and all while connecting and sharing stories :)

Thank you, everyone! See you soon!!