I was back at Mr H flat for more sorting. During the last session we did clear a lot and it also gave him some motivation and did some sorting himself at his pace. Today was sorting out the boxes in the shelf and also the furniture drawers below the TV. Mr H was able to declutter again today and we sorted items by category, then we put then away in order of importance or usage. Found various tools, electrical items. IT equipment, vaping accessories, cleaning products, comics, music tapes, photos. plastic bags etc .... Items sorted and more space done with a full black bag of unwanted items to be put in the rubbish. Mr H got another boost with this session as not alone and motivated by the assistance of sorting things out. Mr H wants us to come back next time to help with the kitchen.

Arrived at Mrs A in the morning to be welcomed by her daughter who then introduced me to her as she was inside the flat. After a small chat, i was provided with big black bags as a broom as leaves to be removed. The garden has a massive tree that gives on both her and her neighbours garden. Can you beleaf if : leaves all over the place from the walkway, the flower beds, the flower pots, chairs and in the smaller plants in the garden. I was watched by 2 cats who adventured into the garden - curious on what I was doing? Curiosity killed the cat....NOT!!!No cats were armed in this mission. They watched and went wondering into the other gardens. Ninety minutes later and all the leaves were gone and 4 massive bags appeared in the corner. the garden looked totally different without all the leaves and you could see what was in the flower beds.

Sunny morning and just over 40 juniors attended parkrun this morning. Goodgymers helped setup before going to their positions for the run. Marshals today were Harvey and [Steph Ducat](/v3/profile/stephane-vessaud. Maria was on tokens with Joanna at the finish funnel. Joanna also on communions. The junior parkrunners started to wear Xmas tops and socks like sone of the marshals. Xmas is coming. There was also a person playing guitar at the bottom of the course.

Crispy and sunny Sunday morning in Ealing and 3 Goodgymers ran at an easy pace to Acton Junior parkrun. Chatty run and we tried to convince Santa 🤶 to join us from Acton Market, but he had other matters to deal with. We did a small loop in the park to roughly do a 4km run.

After a spooky morning session, I went to Mr C house to find some milk bottles left outside by the milkman.1 bottle was in front, but a 2nd one had rolled down to the road and stuck in front of a car tire. I rang at the door, but no answer : after several attempts I had to call and Mr C daughter answered and they came to open the door. They were surprised to see the milkman had changed😂 : only joking. They were surprised the milk bottle rolled down and also nicely surprised to see Goodgym come back shortly after Sevan and Kash had paid them a visit but there was still some work to be done in the back garden. i cleared the leaves, finished a section that was still needing attention, then concentrated on the section at the far end of the garden, where not only weed appeared but brambles. I was also sweeping the path with a double ended brush : yes a broom at both ends!!Several bags filled to join the ones that Kash and Sevan filled, which were still waiting to be collected by the council. The bags were thin as ice, so needed to double up some of them as the brambles were ripping through them.

Spooky and misty Saturday morning, but this didnt scare 4 Goodgymers to adventure into scary Grove Farm. Mike had several tasks for the team this morning with a small start of litter picking at the meeting point. Then James, Afshin and Steph Ducat followed Mike to no mans land for some heavy duty task. Maxime stayed with another volunteer and cleared the road leading to the top of the hill. We adventured in no mans land to find a massive sofa : was that Beavis and Butt-head sofa or "Friends" of Grove Farm. Or could it be Aladdin as we found his flying carpet which some tried to fly or surf with...didnt work. We then Santa's sleigh with full of litter/rubbish. Once all moved, we then went to rejoin the smaller group and tackle the newly made up vodka bar at the entrance which was behind he gym bar. Was this a secret bar?Fly tipping by the vodka bar : so we moved all the items near the bins for the council to collect. Apart from loads of paint tins, flower pots, toilet seat an rubbish we moved a mattress.