Together Ms J and I worked out her grocery list in English as she said she knew the English words, but not how to write them. It was then off to the local Polish supermarket to get her preferred items. Her English was way better than my Polish! I was not so good when trying to work out the labels, but fortunately had taken some photos of items to match what was needed. The most tricky one, however, was the ham as it wasn’t sold in packets and there were loads of choices of meat in the delicatessen that all looked the same to me. The person behind the counter was very helpful and said I could try the ham to see which one to get, but not being a ham eater and not knowing Ms J’s preferences it wouldn’t have been much help! We went with the most popular one and then I headed back to deliver the goods. Ms J seemed very pleased to be stocked up again as she is not able to get out easily herself. I completed two miles nearly walking, but that was partly me going the wrong way looking for the house at the start!

After our success at our first toad patrol on Monday night we were excited to have our induction at a different local site which is very new to being monitored so has few volunteers. We had some drizzle on route there and it was just about warm enough. We started with a briefing from Kim who told us all about how to pick the toads up and check what sex they were. We then headed out in three groups with us GoodGymers bringing up the rear! The road is a 60mph limit and was quite busy with people on their way home from work. Fortunately the section patrolled is quite wide so there was plenty of space to move aside. There were a couple of casualties found and one live newt, but no toads or frogs out and about tonight. We're all set up now though to patrol on our own as we know the popular crossing sections and where to release. Oh and bonus Sarah found herself three golf boys that can be utilised for physio recommendations!

Well done to Abby completing her 300th good deed!!