A first time shop for Mr R who admitted that this was all new to him when I arrived - I found myself resisting the temptation to say that it wouldn't hurt a bit, but stopped myself just in time - I'm clearly watching too many medical/emergency programmes at the moment...

Thankfully Mr R was on top of the prices for all the items on his list, and pointed me in the direction of his local Tesco where, sure enough, I found everything that he wanted and we came in under budget.

A pleasant walk back through the autumn leaves with bag in hand and I was soon at his door to drop off the treasure. Mr R was very grateful for the assistance, and I got to explore a new part of west London in the morning sunshine (sort of)...what's not to like.

I visited Mrs T today to do some tidying up on her balcony. It was a rainy and very autumn-y day with many leaves 🍁🍂🍃 lying on the city pavements which made my way to the mission very pleasant and dreamy 😌.

I arrived around 15 mins past 6 pm as I have really struggled to find the right building 🏢. It's a new build and the navigation 📍 wasn't that familiar yet with the new addresses in the area.

Tara welcomed me warmely inviting inside to sit on a sofa 🛋 and have a bit of chat before starting the work. Mrs T just recently moved in and still a lot of boxes and luggage remained unpacked. She told me a bit about the place she comes from, her health issues and also few stories about her moving out/in.

Around 6:40 her daughter came and reminded her about the evening activity Mrs T forgot about 🙄

No time to waste then!

The balcony was super spacious (I don't think I have seen such a big one before). There were a lot of plants placed in a rather random locations. We planned and rearranged the table and chairs 🪑🪑, moved plants 🌱around to ensure a good access and space around the door.

I also moved a pretty heavy box 🪨 full of magazines inside the flat (Mrs T said she is currently working on a cooking book).

Before leaving, I gave the balcony a proper sweep 🧹👌, making it all look tidy and clean.

Mrs T really wanted to give me some money or at least flowers 💐 but I kindly declined and left wishing Mrs T a great restful evening.

I didn’t take any photos from the task but I caught a nice shot of Battersea Power Station on my way back.

A real mix on the list for Ms D this morning, and she was (unnecessarily) concerned about whether I could read her writing this week (familiarity is quite helpful in this regard...). After a diversion to Boots to pick up some magic hair potion, the aisles of Waitrose once more didn't let me down for the rest of the list, even with the stergene and long emery boards she was after.

Mr B was expecting me when I rang his flat number this morning, as was the building manager, who then kindly accompanied me up to Mr B's flat where we discovered he'd placed one of the two parts of the divan on top of a suitcase - something to surely rival the Princess of pea fame...

We got to work clearing out the old broken bed frame that had been pushed to one side, along with a very tired(!) looking single mattress, and then unpacked the divan base and got the wheels and legs fitted, and the two halves joined together.

With a space now cleared (and the floor a lot cleaner), it was just a case of moving the divan into the space and putting the mattress on top - "a proper bed" declared a clearly pleased Mr B, who has apparently been sleeping on the single mattress for over a year. One final request to change the lightbulb above his bed to give him some light, and the mission was complete.

It was fantastic to welcome Claudia to her very first task last night - great to have you join us! It was also a pleasure to have GG record breaker John back in Westminster, and to see Jacquie and Kamil for our session too.

It was our return trip to St Andrew's last night - little did we know that we'd get a task that truly put us through our paces!

The brief - move six heavy tables from the garage to the storage area. The challenge - the stairs! And not to only that, but these tables were heavy. Really heavy!

Not to be deterred, we happily shifted the bases first. This did involve some technical corner based manoeuvering but didn't pose too much of a problem.Then came the table tops! This was the true work out for the evening.

First one went up - tough but not too bad. Then the second one came and we had a stroke of luck with two gym goers willing to give us a hand. Unfortunately their good will only last the space of one journey, so the last four were left to us. Muscles engaged, we lifted, shifted and pivoted until all the tables were safely in their new home. What a test of endurance! Adrian, who runs the club was really pleased we managed the task, one that he said they would have struggled to make happen - so great work everybody.

Next Tuesday we will have another session - I"m just confirming exactly what it will be so watch this space but hope to see you then!

A first time shop for the very grateful Ms A, who I sensed was also surprised that I'd found her front door without too much trouble. After a quick discussion about which supermarket I should aim for to get what she needed (she kindly saved me a long walk in the pouring rain to the King's Road), and her checking that I had an umbrella with me, it proved to be a reasonably quick and easy treasure hunt and I was soon back at her now more familiar front door with a slightly damp shopping bag in hand.