I approached the Co-op on Downham Way with a degree of trepidation today - would they have everything the lovely Ms Y needed? While the shop went well on the savoury side there were still very few biscuits - the shelves were bear. Ms Y reluctantly had to swap Rich Tea for McVities Digestives.

A pretty standard shop for Mr J although there was more soft fruit than normal. A bit of bargaining over prices on the market for the now standard pumpkin and green bananas. In the ‘driving ‘seat on the way back to Lewisham.

I’ve been collecting food from Feed the Hill for the disabled Ms L for well over a year and the continued cost of living crisis is leading to longer queues there. I took my place in the queue, I waited ages but chatted with others in the line. Ms L was delighted with the content of the bags I came back with. (The artwork is something on display in the food bank and is by Artmongers)

I’ve topped up Ms Y’s electricity meter key with a voucher before. To ensure there were no issues she gave me the ‘key’, a note with the voucher number on and a speech about what I needed to do at the Post Office. It all went well and I got a polite round of applause when I returned.

A small community garden en route provides the photographic interest.

I'll be honest, I don't know how we got to a week later without the run report when it contained some of the best group photos GG Lewisham has ever seen!!

Anyway, straight to it, we were returning to Seniors after a little break because we got so booked up! But we were back and there was lot's to be doing in the garden.

First up, there was a challenge that Marta and Steve rose to which was to fix the hose that connects to the outdoor tap and in turn fills the water butts. It required Steve running home and back as he had the part - thank you!! I'm pleased to write that it was fixed!

Next we had Paul and Julian turned the compost and then shoveling the good stuff onto the rose beds.

We also had Mo and Sarah potting up some seedlings and then doing something with some stinky "tea" that involved stewing alkinet..

Finally Oli tackled the weeding around the patio.

But wait where was Julian...he was caterpillering around and we nearly thought he might be stuck and wouldn't be able to get to the Blythe Hill Tavern!

Lot's of tasks done for the garden team at Seniors and ones that they would struggle to get done themselves.

A small but mighty group gathered in the sunshine at Glass Mill, there was even time for a spot of sunbathing before we had to head to The Albany.

The tasks were litter picking, weeding and watering the plants. We also added an additional task of adding some water to the pond as it was looking quite low and we could see a lot of frogs in there. We think they were happier by the time we left.

We managed to fill 3 bin bags of litter and Paul tackled the weeds around the picnic benches!

We've been to The Albany regularly for the past couple of months and we are really making a dent in the litter!

Well done team!!