Hot work !!!

Well it was for Jimmy !!! We have been strimming all the marsh grass and dead flowers in the water meadow at the top end and as Jimmy strimmed I loaded the dead vegetation onto the bonfire. It burned well with the dry weather we have been having so it was fast, enjoyable work. We…

The Apprentice

As the old man’s gone back to blighty for the best part of a week to visit his family and eat curry, I thought I’d do a quick post myself. I started to concentrate on work outside last month I’m glad to say, It’s meant that me and Jim snr can spend the rest of…

Quite a storm !

I walked the lake this morning to tally up the work we will need to undertake to clear the debris from Monday nights storm where we experienced winds of hurricane force. Fortunately the millhose and cottage escaped unscathed but the lake surroundings have taken quite a battering. several tree’s down and lots of branches blocking…

Almost springlike.

After some bitterly cold weather the last few days have seemed almost springlike. The sun has been shining and temperatures have been much warmer than of late and the carp have started moving in response. With the odd fish showing we have put out 100 kilo of cooked maize in the last few days and…