I took a day off work, which I felt would be a perfect opportunity to spend the morning in the sun, away from the screen. I was also injured, but wanted to feel active and useful, so I booked a mission in Hounslow and hopped on the tube to get there.

The mission was my second visit to Ms H, after last month's back garden clearance with Sevan. Although the previous task had been highly effective, the weeds slowly started to grow back. Today's focus shifted to the front though as Ms K, Ms H's sister had plans to take her sister to the hospital. She had been even considering cancelling the mission, but we've made it work, with Ms K and Ms H going with their brother for the appointment, and me staying to do the best I could in my 90 minutes.

I filled six black bags with a cocktail of grass, alkanet, bindweed, dandelions, other weeds and trimmings from a bush. Pruning was a later request, which I was happy to take, provided Ms K was happy with cutting the flowering branches. She decided that annoying a few pollinators was a safer bet than leaving the bush to take over the pavement, so I trimmed what was necessary and swept the petals. The broom and shears broke in the process but I was able to quickly fix the latter, and use the broom as a hand brush. The state of tools could slow me down, but not stop me.

When Ms H's brother returned from the hospital drop-off, I was almost done for the day, and he concluded the result looked very nice.