Social visit to Ms.J

1 Goodgymer helped an isolated person in Windsor and Maidenhead
Madhan
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Windsor and Maidenhead

Sunday 6th August 2023

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This was my first social visit. I traveled to Maidenhead by train and walked 30 minutes to reach Ms.J's house. Ms.J lost her mobility and couldn't walk as much as she used to. Ms.J loves Tigers and I could see quite a lot of tigers throughout the house.

15 minutes later Ms.J's elder brother and soon after her son, both of them who live nearby came to harvest some beans and potatoes from Ms.J's garden.

Ms.J was a volunteer herself when she was working

We conversed multiple topics and time went by quickly. Ms.J asked me if I wanted a cup of tea before leaving. I nodded yes and to save herself the trouble, I made a cup for myself from the kitchen.

Ms.J has a very good memory and recollected many memories from her past. I suggested she write an autobiography to which she replied that one of her friends said the same in the past. After 90+ minutes of relaxed conversation, I completed my first social visit and walked back to the station under a drizzle.



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Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Sun 6th Aug 2023 at 8:57pm

Well done on your first social visit Mahdan! 👏👏👏 That was a long journey, I hope you've enjoyed it. And Sunny, the budgie, was he well behaved?... Sometimes he wants to join in the conversation too 🦜

Windsor and Maidenhead runner

Sun 6th Aug 2023 at 8:59pm

Madhan... Sorry about the misspelling, the spelling corrector kept on changing my typing 😩

Becky

Mon 7th Aug 2023 at 10:31am

Great work on your first social visist!

Madhan

Mon 7th Aug 2023 at 4:46pm

@Georgeta - Sunny needed attention once in a while, but he was listening to us patiently most of the time. Ms.J sushed him once or twice.

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Amy L GoodGym (she/her)

Tue 8th Aug 2023 at 3:40pm

Congratulations on your first social visit Madhan! And well done for your tourism too - we love it when people come out to Maidenhead :-) x

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