A huge welcome to Kamil, who came for his very first GoodGym session yesterday - and extra points for making it out on a drizzly Sunday morning!

GoodGym have been helping transform a community centre foyer with a brand new lick of paint, and yesterday's task was our second session at Lillington Gardens. So after a quick warm up in Hyde Park, we set off past Buckingham Palace, dodged the tourists at Victoria, and arrived just in time for Darlene to let us in.

We wasted no time getting stuck in to the painting. The time flew by as we discussed parkruns, our fave music and how on Saturday I had managed to spill a can of paint - so I was being extra careful!

In the time I did one small section of wall, Kamil had managed to cover about three times as much, nice job! We washed our brushes and ourselves up, closed up the centre and headed off to enjoy the rest of our Sundays. A good morning's work making a community centre that much more welcoming for local people.

When I arrived this morning, Ms D was struggling (and frustrated) with one her hearing aids, which had stopped working, so alongside the shopping list (and a letter to post) she asked if I'd mind dropping into Specsavers to see if they could fix it - not a problem I said once she'd explained where it was on the Edgware Road. Thankfully it proved to be an easy and reasonably quick fix, and armed with the aid (and new batteries), I headed to the aisles to successfully complete the rest of today's task, and even avoid the rain showers on the way back.

After last week's first time visit to Mrs M, this week felt like we were already into a routine - pencil and notepad on the table and Mrs M dictating to me what she wanted this week, occasionally using suitable hand gestures to describe a particular item. Organic carrots with the fronds still attached were high on her list, along with a mackerel (Fish Friday), and a number of other (healthy) products that I'll admit I've never purchased for anyone before, plus anything on special offer that I liked the look of(!) - but it all went smoothly, and the walk to and from the world's politest supermarket was pleasant once again in the sunshine.

Today's shopping list for Ms D was DIY, inasmuch as she hadn't had the chance to write down a list, so asked me to remind of her of the things she usually gets and write them down myself, plus anything else I could think of when I was in the shop - fortunately she didn't need too much this week, so the memory test was a short one.

She did though ask me to get her three second class stamps - I discovered Waitrose only does books of 8, so found myself at her nearest Post Office, where they have a "take a ticket and queue" system, which reminded me a little bit of visiting A&E...thankfully this queue moved reasonably quickly.

Four GGers stepped into the breach last night for a brand new task in Westminster. We braved the rain, navigated a confusion system of pathways around an estate and finally stepped into the Lillington Community centre to find the 'foyer' we were anticipating was actually a huge hallway and reception!

We weren't going to let that put us off, so quickly taping up skirting and putting down dust sheets we got to work transforming the off white walls to...a different shade of cream.

The job was a huge one so we covered plenty of topics including the best prompts to use with AI, tube related quiz questions, the best pasta shapes and controversially, the merits (or not, according to Dan) of potato salad. My offer of a potato based reward once the job is finished still stands btw!

We managed to get far more done that we had first thought, and although there were some concerns over the colour choice, it was satisfying to see the transformation taking place.

Thanks so much for an amazing effort - I'm just confirming with the task owner but looks like the next session will be Saturday 2nd. watch this space!

A first time shop for friendly Mr A, and for the first time ever, a helpful sketch added to his list to ensure I got the right Blue cheese! Once we'd completed the list, including his favourite conference pears, I set off to his shop of choice, which was his local Sainsbury's just a few minutes away.

When I got back with his items, Mr A asked if I could do him a quick favour and pop into his nearby medical centre to confirm when his next appointment was, as he'd forgotten and couldn't reach them on the phone. This proved an easy task, and I was soon back to let him know the time and date. Mr A was extremely grateful for both parts of today's little challenge,