Sundays Longer Visit

Sunday morning moving more 8ft boards up the allotment and drilling more 0.9m boards until John visited to see if I wanted anything burnt.

I was going to chop up all the bits of tree and put in the bottom of the raised beds, but I have enough rotting joist that formed the bed framings and decking from my brother in laws old plot to fill the bottom layer of the raised beds.

Plus John said we have all that mulch worthy woodchip in the car park, it will save you a job, and that made me decide to burn it all. It was not what I had planned to do but when a plot neighbour offers a one day only offer of help you grab and embrace it with both hands.

I collected and loaded up my two wheel barrows a couple of times and John loaded up his wheel barrow a few times. He did run the timber up to the vacant plot for the open fire we are allowed to have 5 days either side of 5th November.

I do wish I had the level of fitness and stamina I had pre cancer and treatment, but what I have today against what I was like even a year ago is a massive improvement, I'm just hoping I do not loose too much pain release and mobility once I'm weened off the steroids and just on a autoimmune medication.

A cup of coffee and rest & a chat, then I found another two barrow loads and by that time it was nearly 2pm, I was totally knackered and it was time to go home for a late lunch.