Week Commencing Monday 28th July 2025

Monday 28th July 2025

Another wonderful week at work!  Got up early.  Went to Lotty gave everything a seaweed feed. After work went and got some beans with missus sid.  All good

Tuesday 29th July 2025

Up early but it had rained so back to bed!!  Got my steps done somehow.

Wednesday 30th July 2025

Up a bit late so drove to cemetery and then walked from there to water.  All good stuff.  Lost two and a half pounds this week somehow.  After work went up and mowed a bit. 

Saw myself on the Liv Golf thing on ITVX at 2:36ish on day 2 (between the two crossed arms guys).  Tyrell Hatton was getting a good lie of the rules official (and who wouldn't). 

Thursday 31st July 2025

Wet again so went back to bed.  Bone idle I am!!  

Got some golf shoes from the hanger of happiness. Think they cost a fortune new. 

They don't look as new as they are in the her picture but anyroad,  they are Mizuno Genem Gtx golf shoes and then cost a fortune new.  They look barely worn! 

Friday 1st August 2025

Up at the crack of dawn. Went to bed earlier on Thursday night you see.  

Saturday 2nd August 2035 

Another crap round at Uttoxeter.  Got a two on 16 though so not a total loss. 

Over to Darley Dale after golf - finally got mum's mobile phone sorted.  Talk about hard work!!!

Sunday 3rd August 2025 

Up early.  Crapper golf than Saturday,  no redeeming shots etc. Although I parred five after hitting a tree off the tee.  Not an easy hole to do that on let me tell you.  

Got home watched a lot of the test match cricket. 

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Monday 5th August 2035

Up early.  Rained in night so went back to bed!!  Back to work (oh joy).  Back from work - tea then up to Lotty.  Managed to get 10,000 steps in somehow!  

Tuesday 6th August 2025

Up at 5am,  walked to lotty,  watered beans, sweet corn and courgettes.  Did twenty.minutes of weeding then back home.  Then into the office.  Hmmm. 

Lost track but was doing lot of bean and blackberry picking, not a pot of golf.  Did a number of trips to Buxton for Lucy driving test preparation.  

Sunday 17th August 2035 did a technical rehearsal at The Royal Oak.  Messing with In Ears.  All good 

On Tuesday 19th August 2025 we did a hoedown social thing after work at work that was good fun. 

Friday 22nd August 2025 

Fetched Lucy's car back from Shentons.  Went to Lotty to double water as not back until Sunday.  Got back and loaded up for Goat's Grumble festival.  Two days and banding!! 

The yellow arrow marks our tent spot. 

Corner of the field - a grand spot!! 

Week commencing Monday 21st July 2025

Monday 21st July 2025

Up early.  Walked to lotty and did a bit of weeding then walked back.  Left two courgettes behind.  Runner beans will be there in next few days 

Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday 

All a bit of a blur.    Went up lotty on Thursday and brought back a good lot of green and runner beans which was good.  No matter how you slice and dice it the lotty has come on a lot from when we took it on as couple of seasons ago!  

Friday 25th July 2025

Up at 5.30,  walked to lotty and watered early doors.  A day in the office then went up to Lotty again, got many beans, spuds and a. Courgettes!  

Saturday 26th July

Went to the Liv Golf at JCB Rochester with John Hitchcock.  Really.enjoyed it.  We headed out to the  11th tee  where we could watch folks tee off on 11 and then walk across the cart path and see folks coming in to the 7th green.  

Tyrell Hatton making  a mess of 13 

Went to Mayfield Memorial to their beer festival.  Right good community do it was.  

Sunday 27th July 2025

Up at 3.30 cause pooch wanted to go out.  Then pooch woke me up at 5.55 and good job too as I was teeing off at Uttoxeter and hour or so later.  Got there on time.  Has a shit round.  Was glad to get off it, not for the first time.

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Week commencing Monday 14th July 2025

Monday 14th July 2025

Up early.  Walked to plot and watered.   Big meeting at work.  

Tuesday 15th July 2025

Great!  Raining,  blimey we don't half need it!  No walk to plot.  

Wednesday 16th July 2025

Up early.  Walked to Lotty drizzled on me. Went up to lotty after work.   Did some watering got some bits and bobs including some cracking spuds! 

Pentland Javelin seconds earlies and they are absolutely massive!   

Also took Rubes a cracker of a walk and spotted a ruck of south facing blackberries that were ready.  

Thursday 17th July 2025

Up at 5.30 was raining so went back to bed!! In to work for 8.40. All good!! 

Friday 18th July 2025

Same as yesterday. No watering necessary.  Phil's do after work.  Very late night, very tired.

Saturday 19th July 2025

Up early'ish considering,  rain again,  well solid drizzle anyway so no need to water.  During a gap in the constant downpour I went up to Lotty,  dug some spuds (pentland javelin again - enormous beasts!).  Also got green beans, runner beans and some peas (peas are almost done).  All good.  Went to a farmers do after,  only stopped a couple of hours thank heavens.  

Sunday 20th July 2025

Up at 8.30,  decided I would give golf a miss earlier in the week.  Raining hard at 9am so missed a soaking.   Watched too much of the Open which was just a procession for an all conquering Scottie Scheffler.  Hmphf.  

Week beginning Monday 7th July 2025

Monday 7th July 2025

Back to reality.  Up early,  it had rained so didn't water allotment much.  Nipped tops of beans though and did a chunk of weeding. 

Tuesday 8th July 2025

Up early.  Went to Lotty.  Watered a bit. Weeded a lot. Busy day at work. Back home a bit after 6pm. Washed car.  

Wednesday 9th July 2025

Up early.  Walked to lotty.  Measured top of gate.  Emptied water butt (will need to fill it tonight). 

 Hey ho.  Into office early doors. Went up to lotty after work and did a ton of watering and mowed the grass.  Got a few more spuds out of the ground too?

Thursday 10th July 2025

Usual sort of thing except Lucy working from home so I did 8 til 4pm!  Went golfing got 13 points over 9 holes which is not great but okay.  It don't help that I hate the damn course.  I hit a perfect tee on the 7th middle of the fairway - got to it and it had managed to come off the fairway and nestled against a tree. Shit course. Simple as.   Stopped off to water on way home. 

Friday 11th July 2025.

Up early and off to work.  Boss let me finish early. Fetched coolant for Lucy and a load of seeds on way home.  Cracking!  Watered Lotty after tea.  32.6 degrees according to Phil's weather station - hot hot hot again !!

Saturday 12th July 2025 

Not up early.  Knackered too hot 🔥 🔥 🔥 

After getting paper and breakfast for me and Lucy I went up to Lotty and fence cared the gate! 

Sunday 13th July 2025

Crap golf in the morning. Hate that course. BBQ in the evening load of jobs in between!

Week commencing Monday 23rd June 2025

Monday 23rd June 2025

Up at 5.15, knackered as dog wanted to go out at 4am!  Such is life,  a bit of slug repatriation, bit of weeding and the like. Back home, watering the estate then work.  Back home for 6pm, a few jobs, watched the cricket highlights, bed for 10.15ish.  

Tuesday 24th June 2025

Up at 5.10.  Went up to Lotty,  seaweed fed the beans, peas, toms, courgettes etc.  Repatriated another five slugs put more wool down round the beans (nothing stops the damn things though).  Back home cut three pieces of pallet wood that Phil has acquired for me (a bit tatty but I will sand and fence care it).  Off to work.  Bit of an odd one - everyone seems grumpy today.   

After work did some driving practice with Lucy reversing into spaces from left or right.  Then went up to Lotty and filled water butt up. Put some supports on plants that needed it.  Repatriated another slug down the road.  Fence cared some bits of wood to make the gate bigger at the lotty.  

Wednesday 25th June 2025

Up early (very early to take the dog out) then off to Lotty.   More slugs repatriated, cut some nettles down so can get to back of gate which will be handy.  Got back, swapped cars round due to someone changing plans.  Got to work early. All good I suppose.   A pound lost at WW all good.  Back home tea then over to Darley Dale - mum and dad's anniversary.  Then back for reversing practice with Lucy at 9.10pm.  Bed a bit late but what can you do?  

Thursday 26th June 2025

Up before 5am even.  Up to Lotty early doors.  Watered stuff, repatriated 5 slugs which included two whoppers (bloody things).  Walked back and spotted this fine beast on my walk back. 

 Back home.  Checked Lucy's oil.  Put some tom plants outside the gate - need to clear the decks!  Off to work early.  Nearly the weekend,  thank flip. 

Work, got home at 6.15ish.  Mowed grass. Went to Lotty and did a bit of gate fixing.

  Got home at 9.20,  went driving with Lucy working on her reversing into a parking bay.  Bed late but such is life. 

Friday 27th June 2025

Up at 5am,  off to Lotty.  Watered hard.  Three slugs repatriated.  Back home,  got some luggage sorted for missus Sids.  Put some more tomato plants outside the front gate 

Lucy driving in again.  Got to office for 8.40 all good. Up to lotty after work.  Did a bit of watering and what have you. 

Saturday 28th June 2025

Up late at 5.30 so drove to lotty and watered loads.  All good stuff.  Loaded car up and off on hols. 

Sunday 29th June 2025

Up about 7.30!  Nowt to water you see!!  Didn't do a lot, chilled a bit, went to the Ship for lunch but they said they were fully booked so we went over to the Ty Newydd Gesty who were great.  Probably won't bother with the Ship again,  not the first time it's been too much trouble for them.  

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