On a wet and windy Sunday afternoon a small group of explorers gathered in a field near the Pear Tree Park to find waxcaps where ancient grasslands are. Was the group successful in finding "magical" mushrooms or did they find other mushrooms or any other "items"? The team had a great debrief from our lead explorer Richard from Ealing Greenwayers who shared what to look for but a small quiz that had a twist. Can you identify them? We all adventured to find these waxcaps but we also armed ourselves with litter pickers to collect unwanted items whilst we were walking and hunting for mushrooms. We found some mushrooms, but not as successful as we had hoped. Up side is that we picked up roughly about 2 bags of rubbish including a small "football" table that was broken to pieces with some players injured as we tried to guess which team they were from. Maria was not present but went hunting fro mushrooms in Richmond park so we have added some of her findings. Some very colorful mushrooms.

Today I was back at Mrs A home for the final countdown in the back garden. My first visit was beginning of June 2026 and did the front garden before starting with the back garden. The back garden is massive and you could not see the garage and the back fence of the garden. After several months of visiting Mrs A and her son, I can happily say it was the final countdown today and its an au revoir as we will probably be back when Mrs A will need some help for some garden maintenance. Today I finished trimming the hedge and filled my last bins. Mrs A son can t believe that the garden has come back to life and his mother will be happy to be able to see her full garden once again and even walk to the end of it. Au revoir and it is a great piece of satisfaction to see that Mrs A and her son will be able to use the garden as they used to before.

Goodgym were back at Western Road Urban garden to finish a job that was started previously. The small mighty team tackled the trenches once again and carried on digging. Then the pipe came in play : the team laid down the pipe and wrapped it with some fabric/mesh before covering it with soil. Lena really did a great job wrapping the pipes with the mesh.The pipe disappeared like the trenches: goodgym are real magicians. Scott and Afshin also helped level the area for the tank and reposition the frame. Small group but great achievement. The group enjoined the usual samosas and fruit provided by Janpal.

Cycled 4km to Mr T and definitely could feel the cooler weather conditions. Mr T already has his heating already on. Stayed about 45 minutes as Mr T was tired as not sleeping well at the moment. Sweet dreams 😴 and see you next week

When the usual
Is always unusual
Gratitude unfolds

Last people standing at the Hub are the people cleaning and packing everything away. Giles and Steph Ducat were joined by new comer to Goodgym Zine who took the cleaning and packing very seriously. Magical cleaning crew.