I visited Miss N for a bit of lunchtime gardening. I don't think I can claim victory on this one, as there is still some weeding left and I didn't get near the windows part of the task. However, I gave it a good go and Miss N was happy with the efforts I'd made to clear her patio garden a bit. And I can still tick off "do good, get fit", so maybe a partial victory!

The lovely Ms Y is 80 next week, and I didn’t want her to be on her own for much of the day. So we planned out a birthday tea for the afternoon. Her shop was similar to most weeks except for getting a Christmas tv guide.

They know me now at Mr J’s GP practice, the Kingfiaher, I can’t remember a week that I had collected or dropped off something for a couple of months. I share vegetarian and vegan recipes with one of the receptionists. Today’s trip there was to pick up a sample bottle of- no doubt to return next week.
On the way back I did the week’s shopping along Deptford High Street. The second kingfisher was a real one wizzing up the Ravensbourne towards Lewisham.

In addition to my usual path clearing, Maria asked me to try to salvage some nice long brambles that she planned to strip down, soak in water and remove the thorns, and use for weaving bramble baskets! This makes sense given how tough they can be. It got a bit stabby but I managed to collect a good pile before heading back to work.

Mr T needed help with returning a parcel so I made a quick trip from his home to the nearest Post Office, then back again to give him the receipt. Now he's happy that his broadband equipment will get back to the supplier in time for him to get his refund before Christmas.

When we visit Lewisham Unity it's either really cold or raining and tonight it was raining! We have been in summer, I'm sure of it but those visits don't stick in my mind as much...

After a quick warm up we were on our way to Lewisham Unity, what feels like a long run as its one straight road but isn't actually as far as we think. The task at Lewisham Unity was simple - bag up as many leaves as possible!!

A task which we definitely delivered on! There were so many leaves when we arrived but not so many when we left. It feels like a never ending supple of leaves but they're very grateful of our help!

We had a quick detour to the Catford Christmas tree which was looking great and then made our way back to Glass Mill (minus one of us).

Next week is the annual decorations at Senior's and then we'll be heading to the blythe hill tavern after.