With a day off to recover after a trip, I was looking forward to do a few missions on Friday, but didn't get much luck with older people's availability. Only the one and only Mr G didn't disappoint, and even agreed for his shopping to be completed earlier than the usual evening time.

3.5km run to South Acton and 8km of run/walk to my next task in Fulham plus carrying two types of fish, two types of cabbage, potatoes, steamed chicken breast, and other things were my main recovery activity of the day.

I was back on serving duties at lunchtime. In spite of it being very busy - over 120 meals served - I really enjoy serving meals and chatting to the clients, both regulars and new faces. Lunch was chicken with couscous and beans plus a cabbage slaw. Vegetarian option was a delicious quiche (I can vouch for it!) Desserts were either cheesecake or chocolate cake with cream. Not many takeaways today as so many clients turned up for lunch.

This morning’s early shift found me in the kitchen- carrying out various chores to help with lunch. And doing lots of washing up! The team had been busy preparing food parcels and setting up the tea/coffee table. But there’s always lots to do in the kitchen on Fridays 😊

Our usual Tuesday group run and changes of location for our LAGER Can litterpick - Ealing Parks Great British Spring Clean(13-29 March 2026) .Originally we were meant to go to Hanwell but it changed to Haven Green near Ealinng Broadway station which was literally just opposite our meeting point. 3 GoodGym Angels on LAGER CAN Duty tonight and the cold wind did not stop them. We still decided to do a small run after a nice warm up. Went around the area running to then start litterpicking in the park before the Heavens would open. We dodged the rain. Conor, Katarina and Steph Ducat went for a little slice of litter-picking heaven. The 3 helpers managed nearly 2 full bags of litter which mainly consisted of food wrappers, drinks, vapes, newspapers and take away food bags. The trio were thanked by a person walking nearby to acknowledge their Spring mission.

Back to Mrs I to carry on with the decluttering of the conservatory. The mood was on full charge, probably due to the sunny weather. We went through more bags and boxes to eventually free the entrance of the conservatory: Mrs I is able to leave the doors wide open and move freely around it. Amongst the usual items today, we found loads of cutlery and batteries- we were fully loaded and fully charged. Hopefully we will be able to empty the cupboards next time which are now reachable

Sunny Saturday and we returned to Western road urban garden. Ash welcomed the early birds Richard who cycled from Southall park after his parkrun ,Sophie who walked and Steph Ducat who walked along the canal.Ash debriefed the crew and the the Goodgym Ashley arrived. we split into 2 smalls teams and then Shubham arrived with Hestia who struggled to find the garden. They joined the 2 teams. Welcome Hestia for your first Goodgym community mission. Two teams but the same goal : level the ground at 2 different areas to then install the water tanks. Sophie, Richard and Hestia were sorting stones/rocks and gathering them in the square hole which had a wooden frame. They were braking the bigger rocks to fit in the frame and no they were not playing rock, paper, scissors!! On the other side behind the loos, near the house where previously Goodgym cleared space for a water tank, the 3 other musketeers had to level the ground for slabs and the tank which will be at a higher level. The team had to bring the level down, get rid of all metal items in the soil and also created a nice path alongside the polytunnel. The spirit level was the key tool today and the sun also kept the goodgymers spirit levels high. next phase will be to cement both frames and install the water tanks on top. The other team also did some clearing of weeds in front of the polytunnel. We all enjoyed frsh water, oranges and cookies at the end of the session.