I made my first trip to meet Mr K on Saturday afternoon, following a morning session at Grove Farm Nature Reserve. Mr K turned out to be a lovely person, excellently organised and dedicated to Arsenal and his faith. He was very grateful for the help, and it did not matter to him that I might have been equally agnostic about football and religion.

I ran to the big Sainsbury's in Chiswick, where I had done groceries for another beneficiary many times before. While already in the supermarket, I realised I had missed beef casserole when reading out the list at Mr K's. I didn't know in what form Mr K wanted that dish. As I walked past the ready meals section, beef casserole materialised in the chiller. Bingo! Or maybe not? I resorted to finding a couple of old reports written by JP who is the Mr K's shopping whiz. One of his report photos featured tinned beef casserole. I decided to trust the expert and changed the choice of casserole in my basket. It was the right call as Mr K was delighted to see the canned version when I helped him unpack the groceries.