The strings of the trade.

1 Goodgymer helped an isolated person in Hounslow
StephDucat
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Hounslow

Monday 26th May

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After a morning session with Kash and Sevan in Greenford(Ealing), I ran roughly 6km downhill to Hounslow in a mixture of sun, wind and rain to Mrs E. Mrs E husband opened the side door to lead me into the back garden which was full of lovely colorful flowers. the garden was very tidy, but the couple needed help to clear weed/grass around the flowers and the trees. Also needed to trim some of the plants and trees as overgrowing. They had all the tools and some string. Why would you need some string? Simples! The beautiful fig tree needed some help with the dangling branches above the pots : Mrs E asked if i could attached the low branches so that they don't fall on the pots. Attached the branches and cleared all the weed, grass and dead wood from the area. Removed grass and weed from the slabs and trimmed the tree near the back by the lavender section : busy bee! A bee stayed on my gloves for a while until I was able to get it go to the flowers. Then I noticed that the gutter of the shed was not fitted properly which meant the water would not flow down the pipe. No strings needed for this : went up and refitted the gutter properly into the pipes so that water could flow normally especially that we had some typical English weather today with some rain. Both Mrs E and her husband were outside giving a hand to keep themselves busy and having some company as the sun was out for a bit. After a bag filled full of unwanted greenery , it was time to say "au revoir" and see you maybe next time as Mrs E asked if we could organise a mission to paint the wooden fence on the side - reported back to head office as would be lovely to help this lovely and friendly couple.



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