Paul and Adi were up early in glorious sunshine to litter pick in Lewisham - Adi on Saturday dealing with debris left behind by picnicers the day before in Sydenham's Mayow Park; Paul picking up the Stella cans left by the open air drinkers of Deptford by the Ravensbourne in Brookmill Park. Paul also pulled out a lot of the invasive and destructive Himalayan balsam from the banks.

A glorious morning ahead of Catford parkrun, but Mountsfield Park was full of litter - debris from picnics and rubbish dragged from bins by foxes. Paul cleared the worst of it - probably four black bags full.

I was rather worried about this week’s shop for Ms Y because due to the cyber attack on the Co-Op their supply chain was disrupted. So it turned out, fortunately nothing that was missing was really urgent apart from the applie pies which she is partial to. Hopefully it will have been resolved by next week and I won't be like Mother Hubbard.

Mr J was quite touched that I had remembered that today was his birthday - I’ took a small present and card. His present to himself was a new shopping trolley. I’d done the research on the ones available in Deptford during the last couple of weeks and it was this morning’s first purchase. As for the rest it was a fairly standard shop.

This was the reverse of yesterday’s mission - this does t mean that I walked down Lee High Road with a laundry bag backwards, that would be silly (although not as silly as the hopscotch that I attempted). Rather it was returning the clean washing to Ms L who was pleased with the help.

I’ve done this pair of missions before and look forward to seeing the friendly Ms L, one might say we are on civil terms. A quick chat before heading up the road to take a large bag to the laundrette which I will pick up tomorrow.