Cloudy Saturday with a small drizzle of rain, but Goodgym present including first timer Kirsteen. What a place to start your Goodgym journey. Then we had the usual suspects to volunteer at Horseden or where they here just for the pizzas?!At least we know that Steph Ducat and Ashley were. Richard for the craft beer? Penny didn't stay for food but went for takeaway hot drink. Elsa had 2 tasks for us which one only required 1 Goodgymer to help John. Afshin volunteered and found himself moving railway sleepers and digging holes to plant massive poles - think he had a great work out. The others followed Elsa with tools all the way to the top of the hill - great view of Ealing. We then earned our scars following a battle with black thorns. Cleared an area of blacktorns and settled them on top of a natural fence behind the fence. A few scratches on legs and arms, but we won the battle. We all rolled down the hill to get lovely food and refreshments. Last but not least : Penny will be part of the black T-shirt gang as reached 50 good deeds today!!Congrats.

Been a while since Mr P needed Goodgym. We usually help in the back garden, but today was different. I know what happened last summer : Goodgym were here!! Today I had several tasks to perform in 90 minutes. Mr P asked me to open a bag of compost and tip it into a massive container, which we were going to use afterwards. He handed me around 15 rose shoots to be planted in the front garden along the fence. Once planted, I used the rain water to refresh them. Then Mr P came out with a drill : a drill in the garden?!Yes!!It was for me to drill holes in the buckets that we were going to plant more shoots. The flower pots had holes already so all good. Once completed , I was provided with 17 shoots to be planted in these buckets - raspberry shoots which Mr P got on eBay for £10 in total - great deal. Ready, set, shoot : soil in buckets, shoots planted and some compost - fresh shoots in the block or the shoot squad? I was then tasked to water some of the plants and Mr P said the tap was in the back garden - I turned it on, went to the front and no water coming out of the hose!! What is wrong ? Went to have a look to find that the hose was in 2 parts _ had to find the joint and put it back before I could water the shoots.

A Good Friday visit to Mr G saw me picking up a bumper shopping haul including a new (to me) item on his list: walnut halves. I couldn't find his requested brand but grabbed a couple of bags of an alternative...and hopefully walnuts are walnuts...

The trio Libi, Melissa and Steph Ducat stayed to clean the kitchen and service area. They were joined by Katarina and Jp shortly joined by Rainu - wow 6 Goodgymers on the cleaning shift. The cleaning was done in a blink of an eye - super heroes!!The whole area was spotless and Arul was impressed with the smell that came out of Jp bucket when cleaning the floor - secret cleaning recipe?

Happy Easter All.

Lunch time and it was time to rock and roll in the kitchen and service area. Melissa and Steph Ducat were in the kitchen to serve food and they were joined byLibi who decided to stay and help. The trio platted the dishes before they were handed to the service crew where Jacquie was handing over the food to hungry customers. As good Friday, it was a fishy day : Salmon with lemon served with potatoes and green beans or stuffed peppers with the veggies on the side.Then came cake with hand made cream.Something fishy in the air but the customers loved it. The team served food and started cleaning pots and pans to avoid stating behind with all dirty pots. Some take away dishes were provided once everyone had been feed.

All customers and volunteers received Easter eggs - Happy Easter all.

Not your normal Friday at the ESK Hub : Good Friday indeed. Means a Frdiay with a twist. No grocery bags, no clothing section, no showers but instead you still had the bingo, the tea and coffee service and a choir session to celebrate Easter. A first at ESK for both Libi who was on tea and coffee duties and Melissa who was in the kitchen with the usual suspect Steph Ducat. Jacquie was back from Australia and ended also between the kitchen and service area. In the kitchen something fishy was going on...prep for the lunch service!!After 12:15 you could hear some singing from the choir and the customers joining in. Lunch time was approaching and the kitchen and service crew were getting in place.