Mr D didn't want to be all by his shelf as he had a shelving unit to put up and needed some extra pairs of hands and some additional brains to make it happen. K&S Renovation Services were only too happy to help.

Mr D had plenty of tools and a vision. K&S brought the knowledge. Kash showed her shelf-control as she held the unit steady against the wall while Sevan marked the positions to drill. Mr D then made the holes with his vintage Black & Decker drill that these days sounded more like a chainsaw.

The screws that Mr D had been sold weren't long enough or wide enough, but with Rawlplugs, they did just about hold the shelving in place. K&S recommended that he bought something more suitable soon as Mr D's plan was to store some CDs there and they're surprisingly heavy in their cases, so who knows what will happen once the unit is loaded up.

Next was to install a smaller shelf over a radiator and the screws were way too short for this one, barely reaching the wall. Sevan rummaged in Mr D's old wooden toolbox through random fixings to try and find something that would work. Nothing there was exactly the right size, so they did the best they could, leaving the shelf screwed in yet still a bit loose. As it was small and light, Mr D will be able sort it out himself with longer screws when he has them.

With the new storage added, Mr D was one step closer to renovating his flat. When he completes that, he'll be able to realise his dream of trading up to a garden flat where he doesn't have to haul his bike up and down stairs every day.

7 GoodGymers added good deeding and coffee to their Saturday mix!

There are three flower beds on Camden Square that are now cared for by the local community.

Two are already filled with rich colour while one is getting ready for shaping.

And it was this latter bed that caught our focus this morning.

Hannah joined us on their second good deed (welcome!) and Maria traveled over from West London (welcome!), and they joined our regular Camden crew of Imogen, Helen, Jackie, and John.

We grabbed spades and forks and dug deep into the earth to lift a hefty pile of weeds and roots.

After 60 minutes of work and conversation, we left a tidy space and headed out for coffee :)

Thank you, everyone! Here's to next time!

8 GoodGymers made a wonderful difference in Kentish Town!

We took a visit to one of our usual haunts last night.

Nestled in a corner of a cul de sac — away from the usual bustle of Kentish Town — is a very special sheltered housing scheme.

With a winding garden full of seasonal delights, this group got to quick work yesterday evening!

❤️ Alex, Sam (on their first good deed — welcome!), and Steve transformed a weed strewn vegetable patch into a perfect image of fresh soil ripe and ready for next year's planting :)

❤️ Gary and John started off by weeding one flower bed... then two... then three! And then they turned their quick hands to raking and sweeping, making everything better by the minute :)

❤️ Caitlin and Jackie visited a resident's garden and made the swiftest and most efficient work of the fallen leaves, gifting this space back to the very grateful resident :)

Thank you, everyone! Here's to next time!

Somehow our post shop conversation took us all the way from the Breeders Cup in LA to Mozart in Vienna, and with quite a few interim stops on the way, including back pain, economy class seats and the miracle of how the human body can heal itself. If Mr T were ever to go on Mastermind he's got a ready made set of specialist topics tucked away in that little grey matter of his...and he'd ace the general knowledge round too!

Was already in the area shopping for books so it was ideal to fit in Ms F. Showed her some photos from recent weeks of what I’ve been getting my up to. Her favourite wine was on a significant discount so picked up some of that. Forgot to take a picture on the task so here’s a random photo of a nearby street.

8 GoodGymers braved the full moon and fireworks to make a HUGE difference in Camden Town!

Our evening was a night for the senses — up above we were illuminated by the brightest and fullest moon ever seen over Camden — and everywhere we were surrounded by the bangs and pops of bonfire rockets!

Not that anything could dissuade this group from making a wonderful difference!

Jackie, John, Lydia, Sally (back to Camden again — it was great to see you!), Siobhan, Steve, and Victoria were quick to grab brooms and rakes and bags and gloves, and they got merrily (with much conversation in the air) to our task for the evening: ALL THE LEAVES.

In Cecil Sharp House's special garden there sits a magnificent tree. It is old and wise and probably has the best stories in town. But it does have one problem: ALL THE LEAVES.

And so this special group got to grips with this problem — THE ALL THE LEAVES PROBLEM — and we soon had ten then twenty then nearly thirty bags packed and ready for composting.

We'll be back in 3 weeks for our next run at the leaves!

Thank you, everyone!! It was great to see you!!