I arrived today to find Mr G finally getting round to an extensive clearout of his wardrobe. Not a straightforward task though, as he was having the inevitable angst about what to keep, what to send to charity shops and what (amongst several very stylish items) to try to sell online. All that whilst being distracted by important questions such as how to reimagine coat hanger design.

The shop was lighter than usual as despite recent Government advice, we decided that Mr G already had enough tins of beans and potatoes to last quite a while. In a sign of the changing of seasons, the bags of sprouts in the supermarket had got bigger.

Arriving back at his flat, I confessed that I’d had to buy an alternative chicken product to his usual. “You’re like a Golden Retriever trying to please me”, laughed Mr G - “don’t worry, I’ll eat whatever you fetch me!”

We were back at Blondin Park tonight to do some mulching around the trees that we prepared recently with digging around. Despite the damp, wet and dark evening a small group of 5 people took their courage and braved the weather. In no time, the team mulched around 12 trees with trips back and forth. Wheel barrows guided by head torches 🔦. Yes its head torch season!! Then we made our way back to the cafe where Linda welcomed us back with some lovely hot chocolates. The conversation went around music tonight and what we listened to when younger or now. Tonight we were a small team of 5 but achieved alot. Was it Girl Power as 4 ladies and 1 man tonight? All I wannabe is a Goodgymer !! 🎶 🎵

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