A Hobnob's Choice

2 Goodgymers helped an isolated person in Ealing
Sevan
Kash
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Ealing

Saturday 22nd November 2025

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"Chef's choice!" declared Mr C's daughter cheerily when asked where the priorities were in tidying up her dad's garden. Neither she nor her dad were able to look after it, so the flowerbeds were filled with weeds and weeds were also coming through between the slabs. Kash and Sevan looked at how they could get the best outcome for Mr C, a Hobson's choice of weeding the left flowerbed or the right flowerbed.

Kash and Sevan flipped an imaginary coin and chose their patch. Before they started digging, Mr C's daughter offered them biscuits, cake, hot chocolate or cocoa. The hot chocolate (Kash) and biscuits (Sevan) were very tempting on a miserably wet day in London, but they'd just had lunch. The pair got digging, with Kash first finding a fork with 3 tines, then Sevan's unearthed one with a twisted handle to help them with their weeding.

There was lots of lovely, sticky clay soil to dig through and a lot of it ended up attached to the GoodGymers' shoes. Still, the 1¾ forks got the weeds out with their roots, leaving Mr C a nice clear stretch of soil - maybe for some new plants - and 3 bags of garden waste.

When they wrapped up, Kash and Sevan needed to rush to their next mission, leaving Mr C's daughter a little disappointed that they didn't have time for any treats. Sevan said maybe next time, so Mr C's daughter promised to have the biscuits ready when they arrive.



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