Mission mattress slinky

"Where are the muscles?" Pippa, Beth, Frances and I were greeted with this morning.

In our combined 962 good deeds' worth of experience, we have come to understand the important qualities to successfully move a mattress are instead; tenacity, teamwork, trial and error and good humour. Which we as a bunch had in buckets. (We look pretty chill in the photo, no?)

We fairly effortlessly, flipped and tumbled the mattress over the four floors worth of banisters; like a slinky. It was to be moved from the attic to the front room, so Ms M can be rid of her hospital gown and get back to her comfortable home with her husband and sister; enjoying family occasions such as an upcoming Christening.

The only tenacity we needed employ was to replace the broken wheels on the bed with suitable props to make it functional. Mr M came back with an armful of his least treasured books, and it turned out 'A Short History of the Third Reich' and 'David Starkey's - Elizabeth' were ideal for repurposing. Problem solved, literature abused.

We wished the family well and were thanked for a job well done. Beth and Frances had plans to go on to the All star Tooting Bec Track Taster Session at 3pm today ...not too late to sign up if you're eager for an activity that does admittedly require more muscles than mattress moving, but will be a fun, free, friendly work out with top Goodgym people!