I had the pleasure of meeting a nice gentleman and getting him some groceries.

The task was very simple to complete. Miss V showed me her boxes and bags of recycling and I made two trips to put them in the downstairs bins. I had seen another task listed for the same address so I asked if I could help with that as we had plenty of time to spare. Unfortunately the frame was not the right fit for Miss V’s toilet so we put the old one back. As Miss V is unable to put shoes on at the moment it’s very likely this mission will come up again - a super easy and quick one for an evening.

London's community half marathon went red this year! 🔥

A huge congratulations to the oodles of GoodGym folk who caught well-earned happy mornings under a hot-hot-hot late summer sun ☺️

It was the biggest joy seeing you all!

Please send me your photos (!) and I will pop them up here (alexmurtough@goodgym.org) ❤️

It was Mr T's birthday this week (I'd bought him a card and gift!), and so on the list were a few variations to the weekly themes as he felt like a change, although his list was still a good mix of the familiar C's - carrots, chicken slices, cheese, chicken kievs...he wanted me to get him something different to cream of chicken soup too...and the sardines would be in olive oil.

Fortunately all the shops were behaving, so we had plenty of time for a good catch up post shop across the usual wide ranging topics, and once again I left enlightened on a multitude of subjects that prior to 2pm today I knew nothing about!

I told her about a recent family trip and some of the other volunteering I get up to. She talked about problems with a printer company. Good company for sure. She was delighted with her big shop.

Commuters, tourists, and (even) dog-walkers were all trying to get away from the rain at 6.15pm last night.

The same time as this lovely GoodGym group were trying to jump into the first splashes of Autumn!

Caitlin, Daisy, John, Steve, and I took temporary shelter under a Regent's Park tree before embarking on a steady run through the park, past the Abbey Rd zebra crossing that the tourists love, and the world's most bountiful rainbow!

Our destination was the West Hampstead Sherriff Centre — a home for community housed within a revamped church :)

Which was where we met Dan (on their first good deed — welcome!!), Imogen, Jackie, Siobhan, and Will, and we quickly grabbed pickers and bags to tackle the litter that accumulates...

...which was less than usual! Albeit 2-3 small bags of things that are better on their way to being recycled :)

Thank you, everyone! See you soon!