three tasks in one to keep cricklewood clean

We had a great time clearing out her front garden and chatting with her for a while. Can’t believe she’s almost 90 - she’s got a great spirit and was a lovely person to help on this beautiful day! Will hopefully be able to help her clear her back yard next as it’s a lot to tackle!

There was a return visit to Ms T this afternoon in very different conditions to the last time that Kash and Sevan ran to Wembley. Instead of cold and pouring with rain, today was bone dry and hot. Ms T's request was the same as last time, to remove the weeds from the flower beds in her back garden.

To keep Kash and Sevan entertained (as if weeding wasn't exciting enough), Ms T offered the team some tunes in the back garden. One of her Spotify playlists filled the garden with Phil Collins, Beyonce, Tina Turner and more., resulting in a little bit of singing along and a lot of "oh, my dad likes this one".

Ahead of the GoodGym visit, Ms T had sprayed some of the garden with weedkiller to make removal easier and there plenty of dead brown plants dotted around. There was also one with beautiful purple flowers that was apparently a weed too and needed to be removed. Kash speedily dug it out with the fork while Sevan tackled another flower bed, pulling out the shallow rooted plants.

Sevan eventually gave in and picked a small knife as his weeding tool of choice and Kash continued with the fork. Between them and their different approaches, they cleared the flower beds with time to spare, leaving Ms T overcome with happiness at the kindness of others.

"I'm a big believer in energy and you've given me good energy"
"This was a good energy transfer" - Ms T

On Monday evening Goodgym Brent helped water Clitterhouse Farm House. Thames water has a hose pipe van so the hose could only be used for the plants and food that was for sale Goodgym. Pete hosed the plants and the rest of the group filled up watering cans one by one to water the garden. Here is hoping it will keep them alive through this weeks heat wave.

Samina, Sofia, Sabina, Glava and Pete met at Beer n Burger. We then jogged /walked to St Luke's church in West Kilburn to meet Leslie. We met up with Dennis on the way. Leslie showed us what to do and gave us buckets and cleaning materials. We were soon washing and drying the church's back windows until they were gleaming. We then made time, thanked Leslie and jogged back to Beer n Burger for a well-earned drink 🍸 It was great to welcome Sofia for her first Goodgym Brent session and great to see Sabina who was back for a visit. Great work everyone 👏

Samina and Pete met at Beer n Burger in Willesden Green and jogged down to Kilburn to meet Beatriz Kamil and Ajay. Ajay showed us where to work and we cut back a huge bush in a planter and cleared all the cuttings. We then completely weeded another planter. Well done everyone 👏 the planters looked so much better afterwards 👏