We brought in some food from Felix project and managed to sort it all quickly for distribution tomorrow.

This was a nice opportunity helping unload and sort the food delivery and Vauxhall CC. I met some lovely people, too.

On Saturday, I joined residents of the Royal Road housing estate to help plant various plants around the estate.

I arrived just after 2 pm. I was within a small group that initially started to dig up sections of the ground so we could insert the plants into the ground.

We then planted a range of plants including Geraniums, Euphorbias and Bergonias.

I stayed to help for around 90 minutes before departing. They were thankful for my help during this time.

I got a very lovely reception from Ms R who even rewarded me with a hug and some homemade cake to take away with me! There is still a bit to do in the garden and whichever goodgymer signs up for the next mission is sure of a warm welcome 💕

Last night the GG Lambeth crew were scheduled to head over and help out Valcie and the local residents at Landor Road Allotments and as of the morning we had a group of 5 of us.

This was also the second attempt to get over there as the last session had to be postponed so we wanted to do a good job but as the day progressed the attendance list began to fluctuate. By 6pm only AA Yianny was signed up (but others had committed verbally) to coming so when Michael arrived at Papa's it had been decided to postpone again...

Michael and Yianny decided to keep the Run portion of the evening and head out together only to receive a call saying two more volunteers (Marie-Noelle and Paul) plus two community members were at the plots (enjoying a glass of red opposite) waiting for us! And so in the end it was TASK ON for the Lambeth team.

After all that it was a very satisfying task chopping wood, pulling weeds, tidying, collecting green waste and generally helping to put the allotment back to some kind of order for those who had not been able to tend their plots. There was also a listing tree that needed propping back up with metal rods (perhaps a glass of red too many...?)

Just after 8 we deposited our black bags at the entrance and made our separate ways home. Big thanks to all who turned out and keep an eye out for our Summer GG Picnic event which will take place at the Allotments kindly hosted by Valcie for all our help. ;0)

Ana and I arrived at Mrs M's from different directions this sunny afternoon to move some bags of garden waste, a small sandpit and a surprisingly heavy pool table, which had clearly seen better days. We had as an audience Mrs M's friendly cat, who was clearly keen to get involved in the action too. With everything shifted to where it could be collected, the chimes of the local ice cream van got louder and it conveniently pulled into Mrs M's street - we both resisted the temptation, but we may have spied Mrs M popping out for a welcome cone...