There were a lot of curtains and a lot of laughs with Ms K. The lovely task involved - taking down the curtains that were up - putting some different curtains up - realising that the new curtains didn’t meet in the middle - taking down the new curtains - putting up some different curtains - taking down the net curtains - removing wire from net curtains - putting wire into new net curtains, this was not straightforward…. - putting the final (net) curtains up

There was no wedding or other function at the lovely Ms D’s, rather a successful afternoon helping her to find her home again. She has a debilitating condition that leads to her getting tired quickly plus the contents of her loft being spread around her home when work was done to her roof.

The kitchen was full again when I got there with Christmas decorations, things that she had got out for Christmas cake making that never happened, as well as some things that she had brought in to sort out but hadn’t had chance to do.

We spent ages sorting, boxing and throwing things out. It made such a difference - the kitchen table and her sideboard were completely clear. Ms D was delighted with the difference that had been made.

Due to frozen ground we'd had a change around of tasks and it was another week of finding those abandoned Christmas Tree's around the borough.

We split into groups and tackled the longer roads around Hilly Fields which my logic thought the far end people might not have wanted to drag them all the way to the drop off point but no success.

Then we headed to Ladywell which is usually prime Christmas tree area but not the usual success their either.

We didn't meet the lofty heights of last weeks 30 trees but we did smarten up the streets of Lewisham by finding one tree!! Well done Paul, you saved the task and made sure we didn't go home empty handed.

Welcome Louise to your first group run, hope you enjoyed the session despite the lack of abandoned Christmas trees!

See you all next week!

I shop for Mr J most weeks and it has been noticeable that his small front garden has been filling with weeds, swamping the few plants he does have. He asked me a couple of weeks ago whether I’d be willing to help sort it out for him.

Today was the day we agreed, subject to weather. It was all relatively straightforward apart from the deep roots of the green alkanet which are everywhere in Lewisham. A bonus trip to pick up something from the pharmacy and a lightbulb change too.

And a plus for me is that my inner four year old got to ‘drive’ the DLR train back to Lewisham!

The lovely Ms L and I go back a long time, I used to work for the housing association that is her landlord. Sadly she can’t remember this now. Today’s task was to fold up and put away her Christmas tree. It took longer to find the tape to secure the box than it did to take it down. I did a few other things for her whilst I was there - change a table cloth, put a shelf back in her fridge and make her porridge- her carer usually does this but was delayed by an emergency on her previous call. A walk across Hilly Fields afterwards - that included passing some of the trees ‘herded’ on last week’s Group Run.

It was a straightforward shop for the lovely Ms Y apart from battling the winds on the way back to her flat and on my run back home.