It was chucking it down so Linda and Louise opted for good old public transport and arrived to find The Magpie Project Summer Party still in full swing. The project assists Mothers and under 5s in temporary accommodation. The first job was on the way to the mission when Linda found one of the 5 year olds on his own in the street heading for the main road, said escapee was soon safely reunited with concerned Mumma.

There didn’t seem to be anyone taking charge of things so we used our initiative and started taking down the notices. Then we spotted someone dismantling their stall on their own so jumped in to help which is where Louise’s prowess in gazebo dismantling came to the fore. Further bits and pieces of tidy up followed including folding trestle tables and fishing the remaining toys out of the lucky dip for reuse at the next event.

Satisfied that we couldn’t be of much more use and with Louise keen to move on to her 3rd mission of the day. We said our farewells and left.