Tracey and Gwyn cycled over in the summer heat to meet the happy crowd at DCF's Monday Mates. As an additional challenge this week, the lift was being repaired, so there was an uphill battle at the outset. It was fixed by the end though, and we all had a good time.

Today at Parkinson's Cricket, Alex set up a "coconut shy" on the stage, with balls balanced on cones for the players to knock off. Everyone then formed a circle and practised throwing and catching with different sized balls in different directions. They finished off with bowling at a wicket, which kept me very busy collecting all the balls.

Tracey and Gwyn met the gang at DCF's Parkinson's Cricket. We started by bending cahirs back into shape, then had a throwing game targeted at cones and progressed to bowling at stumps in coned zones. A session of chatting, tea and biscuits finished a good morning.

Sunday morning run in the National Forest - trail running with run around lake with some wildlife. First 10km run for Amelia.

We completed the course and got 9/10 in the assessment.

I really enjoyed meeting Ms L, who needed a hand with assembling her new bed. Unfortunately, the placement of the bed meant that the wardrobe doors couldn't be opened, so the job grew arms and legs and some furniture had to be shuffled about. Sadly, it didn't also grow thumbs, as I could have done with an extra pair. Most of the bed assembly was straightforward, but pushing in the plastic tabs to keep the slats in place took quite an effort.

Ms L was delighted with her bed, and is looking forward to a good night's sleep.