My original Sunday plans were a community mission in Southall, followed by a mission at a isolated person, then another community mission in Ealing. First mission went ahead but found out that the 2nd one of the day was cancelled as they did not need any Goodgym volunteers. I still had my mission at Ms C at lunch time, but when I arrived she was wearing a mask and not feeling well so it was agreed to postpone to another day when she would be felling better. So plan B for me. As in the morning, I ran through 2 parks and along the canal where loads of rubbish was left. Was it T in the Park?I decided to pick up the rubbish to compensate for 2 cancelled missions. As I had my gloves and plastic bags in my rucksack, I spent time clearing the rubbish. Mainly bottles(beers, strong alcohol, water, coke) and bags of crisps etc.. I was then caught in the heavy rain in the park so stopped. I filled 2 black bin bags.

Goodgymers were back along the canal in Southall - Bankside to meet Sophie from the Canal & River Trust. We were here roughly a month ago, and today we were surprised that the lavender and other plants planted had disappeared. Only 5 were left out of the soil, and we could clearly see that the plants were stolen. We started with a debrief and equipping ourselves with Marine life jackets as volunteering along the canal. We were then ready to sail in a sea of trash : litter pick along the canal, under the bridge and by the military school as very popular area for drinking, smoking and other activities. The goodgymers found a lot of litter from the normal rubbish, loads of cans/bottles(mainly alcohol), some power tools, empty weed sachets, condoms, trousers, laughing gas canisters, a lounge lamp and Aladdin's flying carpet. The team collected roughly 15 bin bags in total. While Kash and Steph Ducat finished litter picking, Maxime and Sevan attempted to replant with Sophie the remaining lavender in the flower bed and hoping that they will be there on our next visit. We then all removed some weed along the canal that was invading the other lavender and plant beds further along the canal. We all enjoyed coffee that Sophie had brought with her before wrapping up the session. We all survived the Corona Triangle and nobody fell in the water.

After my GG Ealing community missions, it was time for a mission at Mrs R which I have already been in the past. This time it was not for the front garden, but the patio or back garden. Mrs R was delighted to see me again, and walked me to the back and told me what needed to be done whilst mentioning a lot to be done. Told me not to worry if I could not do everything. Weeding was the main thing as taking over the lovely flower beds and the end of the back yard, not to forget the small pond which you could not see. I started weeding and I was then monitored closely : not by Mrs R, but a lovely robin. the robin came very close and was really supervising me during my mission. The robin enjoyed the clearing of the area and started to look for dinner 😋. Some weed had massive roots and could not resist the Robin Hood crew on the day. Mrs R was delighted and we had a small chat in the garden before I left. Feeling robin-ated with joy.