One of Gurseva's regular volunteers cooked up a storm on Saturday, so everyone was treated to kidney bean soup, potatos and mixed veg alongside the regular veggie rice.

There was lots of food to give out so we could be generous with the portions. There were a lot of compliments about the food!

Yesterday, there were only two volunteers signed up to help distribute food this evening. Without more helpers, the charity was about to cancel. Goodgym to the rescue!

Thanks mainly to Goodgym Greenwich, we were able to rustle up 7 helpers to assist Jas, and we were able to go ahead.

Today there was veggie rice, bread and biscuits to hand out. And because of the heat, the standard hot chocolate and coffee was replaced by milkshakes to cool everyone down in the heat.

We made a great team, and managed to hand most of the food out while chatting to the crowd that showed up, and each other. Within the hour all food was gone and we packed up and dispersed to catch the England kick off!

I like the fact that Miss N sends me to the (wide range of) local Turkish supermarkets around Church St Market, it certainly widens my horizons on what you can buy... - this week it was a visit to see Sinbad to find a couple of boxes of Dates, that Miss N had kindly taken a picture of, and for which she also gave me excellent instructions on where to find in the shop. A quick tour of Aldi, and we were all good for another week.

Both Mr R and I commented how quickly the week had gone...we both agreed it must have something to do with the heat... Mr R was sceptical that the shelves of Tesco would have all he wanted noting it was 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, so I wandered in that direction with some trepidation...but we were both proved wrong, as the basket was soon full of everything he'd asked for (including the ever present under-ripe bananas...) bar the sourdough loaf - fortunately the sliced super seeded was there to ensure he still has something for breakfast.

So Mrs S asked me this morning which Waitrose I'd prefer to go to...choices, choices - I said that actually the John Lewis one was preferable as the walk was more interesting (there's also a lot more shade en route), and the shop is generally quieter. Apart from being unable to locate mini cucumbers, and find any interesting flavours of ice cream for her, I feel I chose wisely...as did she when I emptied the treasure onto her kitchen table.

I was grateful that Ms J's son was at the flat this morning and able to give me a hand, as it definitely needed both of us to carry and navigate the items down the staircase and round the back of the building to the bin area...when we initially lifted up the mattress and divan halves, we discovered a £20 note and a few £ coins, which Ms J had clearly been putting away for safe keeping...