Kash and Sevan started the day with a mission that wasn't too far away. Mrs T had a bramble patch to be cleared to reduce her anxiety and risk of falls. The brambles weren't the only thing that concerned Mrs T as she said that her husband, now in a care home, had been a big hoarder. Kash and Sevan would find signs of hoarding and other unusual behaviour while they were chopping away.

The plants and trees in Mrs T's garden looked nice and very mature, except for the bramble patch that had exploded next to her back door. It was in danger of spreading and taking over more of the garden, so it needed to be nipped in the bud. Possibly through Mr T's hoarding, Mrs T kept appearing with a wide range of useful and not useful items to help the team. Some rusty shears did turn out to be helpful, while saws and hunting knives were given a pass.

As Kash and Sevan cut further into the patch, they found some unexpected items. First to be uncovered was something that looked like a metal chair. Mrs T explained that it was her sun lounger. Apparently her husband had at one time emptied everything out of the shed and left it in the back garden. The brambles had long since swallowed those items up. Next up was a fan, then a(nother) bow saw, a dragon statue, a car battery and a bottle of motor oil. None of them had done well out of living outside. Kash and Sevan freed them from the spiky vines, but they were probably destined for disposal.

The GoodGymers crammed as many brambles as they could into a black bin so that they could move the cuttings through the house to the front. As Mrs T's bin filled, she called a neighbour and borrowed theirs too and by the end of the task, most of the invaders had been removed and both garden waste bins filled up.

By the end of the mission, Mrs T felt relieved that her garden was back under control. There were still many hoarded items next to the house, probably hiding a lot of brambles underneath. Decluttering those and findimg out what was hiding below would be a future mission and another journey of discovery for some GoodGymers.