The regular shop for the lovely Ms L did not involve finding fenestration for her rather having a look at the microwave meals in one of Downham’s shops. The logic was that the time that her carers can spend with her is slightly reduced and she was looking for options with slightly shorter microwave timings. As for the Co-Op shop it was much the same as most weeks.

After spending ages working out an appropriate way to clean a small wound on Mr J’s neighbour’s cat’s tail (it has been semi adopted by Mrs J) it was onto the shopping…

Amongst other things on Mr J’s shopping list today was red wine. He had a budget but nothing specific in terms of brand or grape. So I had to choose for him. Most of the rest was the standard market and ASDA fayre.

New beneficiary for me and also a new food bank on New Cross Road. Very well organised by lovely people. Looking forward to a return visit one day.

and 7 GoodGymers to deliver the flyers for the over 60's dance classes

We set off from Glass Mill with a well laid plan to head past the area that we flyered a couple of weeks ago and tackle the flats and houses on the other side of the main road. We also agreed to meet Jacqueline at the end of the road but she was nowhere to be seen...

We continued our plan and split into groups to tackle the flats and houses in Deptford to hopefully deliver flyers to our target group and spread the word about the "pay what you" dance classes.

Meanwhile, I'd shared my located on whatsapp and ran back to find Jacqueline at the meeting point, no sign of her, ran back to the other meeting point, decided to go for a wander, check out if we could flyer a block of flats, decided it probably wasn't the safest thing to be wandering around in the dark on my own. Then I heard this familiar voice: Kim stay still, stop moving around" I'd finally found Jacqueline!!

Onwards we went to locate one of the groups and found Marta and Julian efficiently delivering flyers. We also managed to get a tip off that we could get into one of the blocks of flats through a broken door.

I headed off the meet the other group and reunite us then all very cold by now we headed back to Glass Mill.

Amazing job in the cold weather but we spread the word about a great community initiative!

Adi and Paul litter picked in two Lewisham parks (Brookmill Park and Mayow Park) and one that straddles the boundary with Bromley - Alexandra Recreation Ground.

Adi doubled up in Saturday's gloom with the pair in Sydenham; Paul a day earlier in sunny Deptford where the herons were starting to nest above the Ravensbourne. Regular litter picking there is making a big difference.

Brenda and Paul headed to Mountsfield Park for some parkrun volunteering, meeting up close to the start. Brenda tailwalked while Paul set up the cones around 'The Bowl' which was less of a quagmire than last week.