It was raining quite heavily when I got the bus from Old Swan and Bekah drove from Toxteth to a house near Breeze Hill. We met Mr. W and he explained that ‘Bulky Bob’s’ (the local big waste collectors) were coming soon to collect his arm chairs. He wanted them moved into his back room and some other chairs bought down from upstairs. It was a bit of a ‘to me to you’ moment when we navigated how to get the chairs down the stairs. Mr. W was really grateful and said that once Bulky Bob’s had collected he would like us to come back and move the chairs we’d bought down from upstairs into the back room so he could put some flooring down in the living room. We were really glad to be able to complete the mission despite the bad weather and we’d be happy to help Mr. W again.

I had my hair done before this mission which was stupid because I ended up a brambly sweaty mess! Mr C’s house was really big, a lot to manage but the garden was tiny. It was overgrown with brambles so I got my gloves on and my secateurs out and got cracking. I’ve done a job like this before, the brambles are going mad this year. My hands got soaked pricked loads by the thorns on the brambles. I know from the other job like this that it doesn’t hurt that much now but over the next few days I’ll feel like I’ve been pricked like a pin cushion! Mr C said that his health was declining and he tried to help but I told him to take it easy. The neighbour popped her head in and offered a tub of industrial weed killer. Just over an hour into the job it started raining so I called it a day. I think I achieved quite a lot in the time but happy to go back again and do more.