Mrs A had added Manuka Honey to her list this week, so I double checked her existing jar to make sure I got (as close as I could to) what she wanted. Of course the shelves of the world's politest supermarket didn't let me down, although clearly Manuka bees fly in rarified air judging by the price difference vs the more locally produced options!

The painters had also finally left her hallway and stairwell (and were now outside staring at the exterior), and her front door was looking very neat and tidy. She mentioned that for some reason her door wasn't closing, so she asked me to take a look - it transpired the deadlock was out and hitting the frame - with a quick turn of the key, normal fully closing service was then restored. Mrs A commented that I'd definitely done my "good deed" for the day by solving that!

A return visit to Ms B's (and third time lucky in terms of attending this particular mission) to fix a loose door handle, stop a squeak in her fridge door, and take a look at some fly screens that had worked loose.

Fortunately on a previous mission I'd tightened the door handle to her bedroom so the item in question was familiar (this time leading into her living room), and it was a quick removal of the cover, tightening of the screws and putting it all back together.

Her fridge door had stopped squeaking (she gave me a demonstration!) so that didn't require further attention, but she had some fly screens on her window which had come loose. Upon closer inspection it was clear that the glue holding the velcro tapes was no longer sticking to the screens, so Ms B will get some replacement tape, and a return mission will then be required to get them firmly reattached.

Every week that I've shopped for Mrs A, the painters have been redecorating the communal areas of her building, and today she'd kindly left me a note on her newly painted green front door warning me of wet paint...she's confident that by the time they finish (whenever that may be...) the place will be looking marvellous, and I don't doubt it judging by the amount of time they've spent on the job!

After last week's management review, it was an easy trip around the quiet aisles to get everything exactly as she wanted - it ended up being a heavy load due to the combination of water, orange juice and multiple tins, so I had one arm longer than the other when I made it back. She, as ever, was so very grateful for the help.

A return visit to Miss C's, this time to replace a damaged lampshade in her bedroom with a new paper one that she'd bought. It all proved straightforward, although I did have to borrow a chair to reach the light in question.

"Thank you Nick, I wouldn't have been able to do that" she said quietly as I stepped down off the chair...which I guess is the whole point of these missions.