Steph Ducat) and Harvey headed off to Earls Court on London derby matchday. No, not for Chelsea/Arsenal, but for a spot of leaf clearing and weeding. Our host showed us into her garden and supplied the appropriate bagging. Four hands and four work gloves made light work of this mission, up and down, side to side, in a well kept spot. Before long the garden was once again spic and span (our photos show before and after).

Reunited with our host, this very generous woman insisted she give us £30 for our trouble. When we insisted in return that we are volunteers and she should donate the cash, she insisted back! After a few more ‘insistances’ on both sides, she pushed the cash at Harvey and hurriedly shut her door! Even the best signing our team could muster through the glass door would not change her mind.

Our intrepid duo had no option but to head back round to the main building entrance and ask for help! Luckily, a member of staff was on hand and our boys gained access back to the building in order to feed the funds back through our host’s letterbox. Phew, awkward moment dodged!

Steph and Ariane enjoyed a bit of winter sun as we headed back to lovely Mrs N's for another round of garden clearance! You can finally see the lovely design of the rockery and walkway now the nettles and grass have been banished.

Mrs N unfortunately had a driver hit her garden wall and speed away some time ago, so the priority for the day was to get the weeds around the fallen brick work clear so hopefully some repair works can be booked in. Some very satisfying root pulling and tree pruning later, and the area is looking very smart.

Our energy levels were kept topped up by Mrs N very kindly bringing us each a banana "for the potassium", before we finished with a bit of creative rake usage to clear the grass out of the paving slabs.

We were delighted to make an extra new friend that day: its now tradition that Steph and Ariane will find a frog hidden away on every mission 🐸💚

Mrs N was very gateful and said she thinks it will help her relationship with her neighbors. Hopefully we'll be back early next year to make a start in the back garden!

Maria , Steph Ducat and Harveyarrived early as ran to the park, so helped setup the course, mainly around the roundabout. we out signs up and Harvey did a course check. Alan arrived and joined the crew. While we were waiting for the children, a small girl arrived with her special necklace....a princess necklace which was going to help her with her running. Apparently she would not come without it : so we had a princess on the course.Maria then did the warm up: well done!! Joannaand the others were marshalling around the course which saw roughly 50 finish the course on a sunny chilly morning.

Maria and Steph Ducat met at Ealing Broadway Station to run Acton Junior parkrun. Nice chatty and easy pace 3km run to the park. Warmed up to help setup and then cheer the children on their run.

Wet Saturday and 2 Goodgymers did not let Mrs R down : Harvey who had already completed 2 community missions earlier in the day joined Steph Ducat who made his way after another Mo Run Half Marathon in Richmond. Mrs R was not at home, but she was on her ring bell and Mr R opened the door to us. Mrs R is a regular for Steph and her husband remembered me as been here a few times for either the front or back garden. He thought we would not come due to the weather, but we all know that doesn't stop Goodgymers. Told him we wouldn't get anything done if we avoided the rain. Their cat followed me but not to the outdoors : was it too wet? Today was to weed and do some plant/tree trimming which we whizzed through together. Got rid of the weed in the different flower plants, in the grass and on the slabs. Also trimmed the tree on the side as looked spiky again. Green bin 3/4 full!! Good news it didn't pore down during the mission, but the cat still stayed in and was litter-ly supervising us. What a cat-itude!Or was he looking at the fish in the pond?