Started on clearing the garden for Mr M, lots of brambles and an awful lot of rain this morning. Made good progress and had a nice chat afterwards.

The usual session of litter picking and Himalayan balsam removal along the Ravensbourne in Deptford's Brookmill Park. The focus as very much on the latter this week with around 50 of the invasive and bank destroying plants removed. There was more litter than last week, although the weekend rain and resultant high river levels will lead to much more being deposited. The first sighting of a kingfisher for a month or two.

it was Kim's 50th parkrun volunteering which she celebrated in style by standing in the rain for an hour timing finishers with DIY rain protection for phone and injured ankle. Oli attempted to be Australian marshaling at 'Dana's Diversion' at the top of the hill. Paul flung cones and arranged arrows beforehand.

The lovely Ms Y was well aware that the Co-Op wouldn’t have ‘Mansize’ tissues but wasn’t sure what to ask for. I noted that if they were like me they’d be small and puny, not at all strong but the box could go on forever.

So I rang up to check whether ‘Responsibly Sourced, Supersoft, Large, Tissues’ would be OK. She said that would be fine, although not to expect her to remember the name next time! I did wonder what ‘Irresponsibly Sourced’ ones would be like but realised that it was a bit like me….

It was a fairly standard ship for the lovely Mr J which included a trip to Iceland to take advantage of their offer on Rice Krispies. I was to revisit Iceland about 45 minutes later in a vain attempt to find yoghurt to his taste. Disappointingly there was a lack of glaciers and geysers on each visit, although several geezers.

Feel hot,hot, hot today walking around Hilly Fields in today's very warm weather as a park walker.