Mrs L has looked after her garden all her life. It has been a source of joy and pride. But since her husband passed away and various ailments, it needed some no nonsense Goodgym tlc to get it back to something Mrs L can access again.

Armed with loppers (excellent and can cut through anything bought on sale at Aldi or Lidl), strimmer, and a rake, I managed to clear some paving from overgrown grass, remove most of the weeds, and most importantly remove the self seeded trees that were becoming an issue. I managed to remove most of the roots from one of them too. I managed to fill the garden waste bin after squashing it down and made sure Mrs L was happy. 90 minutes very well spent.

We had a good chin wag over gardening, Scotland, Moss side "back in the day", and about married life. Mrs L seemed really pleased and hopefully will cheer her up now the garden is much more accessible.

Event #228 at Fletcher Moss parkrun went by relatively smoothly. 421 runners and walkers completed the 5 km course on a pleasant November morning.

Even the early morning Robin was happy enough to help out by the funnel while having its fill of worms.

Big thank you to the 17 volunteers who helped the event happen