One Goodgymer meet up with Karen from the Parks Foundation who look after a lot of the green parks in Bournemouth.We walked round the park to see where the Four trees would be planted once sorted and shown how they were to be set in I set to and soon had the first one in within no time we had all four in and the rain did not bother us.I must say it was a good afternoon and very educational. All four trees were safely planted.

Ivo and I arrived ready to tackle Mrs S’s mission: relocating a collection of boxes from her living room to an upstairs storage spot. The boxes didn’t stand a chance. We made light work of them, and Ivo even applied some advanced structural engineering to the stacking situation- stability was achieved, gravity was respected. Next up: An unwieldy mattress needed persuading up the stairs, while a couple of its mattress companions took a one-way trip down to the basement. There were twists, there were turns, there was strategic angling… but the stairs were conquered. After a final check with Mrs S to make sure everything was exactly where she wanted it, we said our goodbyes- leaving her with a gloriously clutter-free living room. As we headed off, the sun even made a brief appearance. Clearly, even the weather approved. 🌤️

Myself and Ivo had a lovely time with Mr P.

Though we both we were both travelling by bike from Bethnal Green, we were not organised enough to coordinate doing the journey together! When we arrived, Mr P had all the tools ready and showed us what needed to be done. The main task he wanted to focus on was cutting back the branches of his tree in the front garden.

Mr P gave me a masterclass in how to use a telescopic lopper, so I tackled the high up bits with that while Ivo went for the lower hanging branches with a garden sheers. As we finished up with the tree, the shining sun gave us the energy we needed to tackle some weeds afterwards and leave Mr P with a tidier looking front garden.

Unfortunately most of the photos we took reveal the address so I've just left some zoomed in pictures of the tree before and after.