As usual I stopped off at the Sainsbury’s by the station to get bread for the lovely Ms L, in addition to the bread, she asked me to get her some cheese slices as the Co-Op didn’t have any last week.

I was somewhat surprised then for them to still be on the list for the Co-Op; ‘I want to see whether there is any difference!’

Once back there was time to watch the tail end of Countdown together.

I’ve been helping Ms D with trying to sort out her belongings which are overwhelming her and quite literally tripping her up. She has ME and a number of other conditions and some caring responsibilities for her Dad.

Since my last visit, she has tried to do some clearing out, bagging stuff up for friends. However this had led to the kitchen, hallway and stairs being full of bags and almost impassable.

Today was about trying to make things safer for her and giving her a little space in the kitchen. She was very grateful for the support.

The photo is from my run this morning.

Talk about stepping up for the community! I took on a litter-picking mission along Woolwich Common, Academy Road and Herbert Road, putting my best foot forward to give these local streets a well-deserved tidy-up.

From one street to the next, I was picking up rubbish and making every step count. Every piece of litter collected was a little win for the neighbourhood and another reason to feel good about doing good.

One bag fuller, the streets a little cleaner, and my good-deed meter officially off the scale! Who knew picking up rubbish could be such a litter-ally rewarding experience, Innit? Till the next one. 😊

In what could be the shortest task in GG Lewisham history, we all gathered at Seniors to take down the Halloween decorations.

There were surprisingly more decorations than we had put up the week prior, either they didn't like our decorating style or they found more decorations.

I can confirm that they found more decorations as we'll be off to Senior's again next week to put the Christmas decorations up.

I hadn't been to St Mary's for three weeks and the seasons had properly changed, today's main task was raking leaves off the grass and using them for mulch on the perennial flower beds and to rot down for compost. Once done it was onto weeding the wild flower beds so grass doesn't take over.

I’ve been visiting the lovely Ms L for the best part of a year, she had Motor Nerone Disease and has noticeably deteriorated in that time. To start with it was sorting out boxes of stuff from her old home now it is more doing the things that the carers are not able to do for her.

She loves her plants as is unable to water them herself, so going round her flat with a watering can is one of the first things I do whilst the kettle is boiling- she always refers to her Aloe Vera as ‘Ello Vera’ in a Yorkshire accent, we always laugh about it. Her tea caddy needed filling up with tea bags too as she can no longer get into any of her cupboards. The main stuff though was trying to get rid of papers relating to her old home that she no longer need to make life a little easier for whoever has to clear out her current flats when she moves or dies. It’s a little morbid and there were a few tears.

We always make time to have a cuppa and chat about how we’ve been since we last saw each other. She is increasing frustrated by the MND and the need for so much help. She is always incredibly appreciative of what I do.