Gwyn and Tracey made a return visit to the lovely Mrs A to finish painting her fence, supervised by a gentle little cat, and a HUGE spider.

Tracey and Gwyn met Alex and the happy crowd at DCF's Monday Mates for a special gathering. Lovely people from the Hindu Temple came with great chat, an informative presentation about Diwali, celebrated this month, and delicious food. One of the participants with dementia said "I can't remember why I came here but I've really enjoyed myself". That's a mark of success!

Gwyn and Tracey were delighted to return to Mrs A's to see what she had been up to in her garden.

She'd transformed the areas that we had previously helped with, and they are now beautifully covered with decorative stones and matching plants. The next job in line was painting the fence, but we decided to go one step further, and painted dots on Gwyn's trousers and Tracey's sleeve as well!

There were a few spots of rain, but not enough to spoil our work, and we were generously rewarded with some delicious sweeties. Yum - thank you, Mrs A.

It was a later start than usual for the cricketers who had to contend with a full car park. Tracey and Gwyn set about helping with the various cricket activities, focusing on length then length and line. We had lovely chats with the players and families then had tea with them.

It was cold in the hall when Tracey and Gwyn met Alex for DCF's Parkinson's Cricket group. We opened the doors to let the warm outside air in. Cue the rascals batting balls out of the hall. The bunting didn't put them off. We finished with very welcome teas and coffees.

Mr C needed a bit of help with trimming and pruning in his garden. He has a damson tree that had produced a fine crop, and there were a lot of branches overgrowing from a neighbour's garden. Gwyn and Tracey set to work and filled two bins and two bags with cuttings, clearing a way towards making the garden more accessible.