Monday 8th August 2022
Another hot one at Broadway , every thing including the weeds have stopped growing but lots of old vegetation needed to be removed.
Pat and myself had been on early morning gas bottle changing on the restaurant coach , so when we arrived back at Broadway things had been on the go , in some cases about 7 ish !.
Mike had set up his stall .
He was preparing to paint the end screen.
Brian was scraping the bank of old Vegetation
Peter who was a very early bird had finished watering his plants . and was putting the hose away , we were wondering how long before we can use the hose , its a lot easier than watering cans on the slope.
Later in the morning mike had moved on to the 4 small toilet windows .
To make life easier for us old folks , Peter K was asked to put a small gate in the spear fencing at the top of the slope , to give access to the bank. his idea to use the old cut out spear fencing as the gate and make a new support on the right .
Peter brought me in a new bit for my home made mini wood lathe , a bearing with a revolving centre.
A bit of modification to the old lathe was needed to make it fit on the left side , but alas once the sun rose over the nearby trees it became too hot to test it out.
It was Brian's Birthday ( bar a day ) so what better way to celebrate than a bit of Chocolate cake , no candles that would have been be a serious fire risk !
Certainly was hot on Monday. I have gotten into the habit now of testing the tarmac with my hand bfore taking the dog, (a Chihuahua), out for her walk in the afternoon. Needless to say, it was too hot for her - it would have burnt her pads, so the garden had to suffice.
ReplyDeleteI take my hat off to you all working inthis high temperature. It's not so bad if there's a breeze but you still have to beware of getting sunburn.
Regards, Paul - in Cornwall.