We have missed our AJ at Frenford Food Bank while she has been off marshaling at the Paris Olympics. Our "bits and bobs" shelf had got into much disarray in her absence. Always relishing the chance to create order from disorder she got to work making a big difference in very little time. Welcome back AJ!

Meanwhile Ed got on with sorting and stacking the recent big donation from the local scouts and Linda sorted through a big black bag containing an anonymous donation most of which was years past the BBF date and had to be thrown out. We all know BBF doesn't always mean its gone bad but chocolate from 2020 and milk powder 7 years past its date is really not on 🙄

Restricted funds and storage issues has meant biscuits are no longer on our list and the shelves had to be cleared and cleaned off. Shifting the packets led to much "intellectual" discussion about, best biscuits, boring biscuits, dunking biscuits, the infiltration if the American Orio biscuit and when is a biscuit not a biscuit? To be fair we were in the company of a very helpful 13 year old volunteer so conversation had to be kept light. 😁

On his way in another time James noticed rubbish accumulating, so the three of us set off down the road to go and sort it out.

Of course one cannot just walk past loose bits on the way there, so it became more of a plot. A set of bushes along the side of the road might need a different plan of attack... one that includes protective clothing and some secateurs.

Chatting along the way time flew by and bags were filling up. As always there were some odd items, from a bit of balustrade to (half a) crutch to huge ABBA poster and of course a wide collection of rubbish in all shapes & sizes.

Even on the way back the temptation became too much and a few more bits found their way into the bin.

Job well done and light starting to fade earlier these days, it was time to round it off and make our way home.

Next session in two weeks will likely helping out around Wanstead House, Babybank tbc on the 30th