Monday 25th July 2016 to Sunday 31st July 2016

Monday 25th July 2016
Up at 5:35 - a bit late but such is life.  Dog walked, papers fetched.  Watered stuff then off to the office, got in a little late at 8:10 but couldn't be helped.  Back home a bit after 6pm.  Tea then dog walk then sorting out support for the sunflowers which were getting a bit of a battering from the wind.  Then down the lotty with the dog for watering.  Need to get some bits of wood for the pumpkins to go on so they don't rot.  Back home before 9pm - going dark quick so t'is.  Bed for 10:30

This was the haul from yesterday forgot to post

Tuesday 26th July 2016
Up at 5.30.  Dog walked, papers fetched into the office before 8am.  All good stuff.  Long day in the office picked up a drum stool I got on eBay on the way home which was good.  Got home about 6.30, tea, Dog walked round the meadow,

down the lotty at 8.00pm came off about 9.40 as it was going dark - did a bit on me patio!!  Also got some runner beans and some raspberries for the missus!

Patio - not massive and likely to have some tomato plants on it shortly anyway but it's a start!

This is the view - the foxgloves need sorting I reckon!

Wednesday 27th July 2016
Up at the crack of dawn, dog walked, papers fetched, watered greenhouse then into office for 7.50 after getting petroleum on the way!  Funny sort of a day, very busy but it dragged on.  Got home for 6pm.   Tea. Dog Walked.  Did a few jobs in greenhouse and generally watered stuff.   Phil got home.  Went down lotty on me bike.  Think I've sorted out the water butt that leaked with epoxy resin but am going to do the inside of the tap next time I go.   Watered stuff.  Pulled up a load of ruddy nettles. Have got to get busy as there's another inspection in August.  Marvellous.  Back home, dog walked, off to bed for 10.30.  Watched Kingsman on the Now TV box quite good.  I went online to cancel it as it was due to go up to £9.99 a month - right at the end it offered £6 a month so took it.

Thursday 28th July 2016
Up at 5:31.  In car at 5:38, walking dog at 5:44.  Papers fetched, back home.  Sorted and into office before 8am after getting a cake from Tesco's as it's the end of the world tomorrow according to the Daily Mirror so you might as well have some cake.  Watched Spectre on the Now TV box.


Friday 29th July 2016
Up early.  Dog walked, papers fetched.  Then me and missus off to Stoke for missus' car service.  Hours of fun that was. Back home for about 1pm and then off into the office.  All good stuff.   Bed early to catch up on sleep a bit.

Saturday 30th July 2016
Up early.  Dog walked, papers fetched.  Did a bit down the lotty.  Golf at 12.20 - felt like played better but scored worse - wierd two birdies on 7th and 14th - 14th was about three inches off being a hole-in-one! Went to brother-in-law Vic's 70th at Leek Cricket Club - had a band on from way back called White Knuckle Ride who were playing same venues as I used to with Big Lix back in the day.  Sat in for Free's alright now which was interesting!!  All good stuff - didn't cock it up.  Back home a bit after midnight.  Had to be quiet as Lucy had her friend over for a sleepover.

Sunday 31st July 2016
Up at 7pm.  Dog walked.  Papers fetched. Did a load of jobs at home and when missus was ready we went to Uttoxeter to get some wire mesh stuff for shed as Allotment Committee said existing mesh was too big (this was back in May - am just getting round to it!!  Anyway before getting the old mesh (which was a lorra laughs as Shop that has it in Alfreton don't have it in Uttoxeter - such is life) we went into Barnado's charity shop - got 5 Mizunzo Pro II irons - 4,5,7,8,9 they went through the till as bric-a-brac for the princely sum of £4.95 - if I don't keep I'll sell em seperately!    Anyway, we got we wanted got back home for about noon.  A bit of snap then went down to lotty to put a shift in.  Got the front of the shed done, no worries.  Got some more slabs done.  Did a bit of weeding (just typed in welding for some reason?).  Chopped tops of spuds as we got blight in the allotment - need to find out what Bernie's strain of blight-resistant spuds is next time I see him.  All good stuff.

Home for tea.  Later on got Phil to come down with his industrial strimmer and do a bit at the back of seven I'd let get overgrown.

Monday 18th July 2016 to Sunday 24th July 2016

Monday 18^th July 2016

Up early.  Dog walked.  Work.  Home.  Greenhouse – potted up the Brussel sprouts am hoping to get a growth surge on them as they were a bit late going in.  Down to lotty to do some watering.   Got some peas, raspbobs and strawbs and what have you.  Bit of a hot one.

Tuesday 19^th July 2016

Up early, dog walked, papers fetched.  Home. Office.  Back home, tea, dog walk, lotty.  Hot two and a half hours – got everything mowed, dug some spuds  - quite a few rotten – soil is still really wet and they felt warm when they came out of the ground.  Am going to have to dig the lot out I think. Left lotty at 10pm.  Bed about 11pm.  Phil didn’t get home until 2am on his birthday.  Daft sod.

Wednesday 20^th July 2016

Woke up at 5am.  Dog walked, papers fetched.  Into office for 7.45am.  Back home 6.15pm.  Tea. Dog walk.   Lotty - experimenting - have added some muck to an area and going to see if some left over first earlies will do anything by Autumn - could be a hiding to nothing - we'll see.   Got to pull up another row Thursday as well.   Got spuds, runner beans, peas,  raspberries, strawberries and a cauliflower.   We got all sorts coming on strong at the minute - marrows, pumpkins, courgettes, broccoli, red cabbages. 

Thursday 21st July 2016
Up at 5.45 (lie-in).   Dog walked, papers fetched, nipped to lotty as couldn't remember if I'd watered brassicas on plot 13.  Into office for 8.15 so not too bad.  Back home 6.15.  Dog walk then down to lotty with the missus.   Dug the other row of spuds out - a lot of em gone rotten but ground a foot down is very wet - which is says a lot about our Summer I can't help thinking. Brought back a ton of stuff - spuds, courgettes, runner beans, spud, goose gogs and raspberries.

Friday 22nd July 2016

Up at 5:50am - getting later and later.  Still got to office in good time after walking el pooch and getting papers etc.etc.   Out to Ketch for Phil's 21st do - really top food, very enjoyable. 

Saturday 23rd July 2016

Up early.  Dog walked, papers fetched.  Did a bit down the lotty. Golf at 12;20 - lost despite having something like 9 or 10 pars - blooming high handicappers.   Never mind. 

Sunday 24th July 2016

Up early.  Dog walked.  Down lotty - getting slabs up to number 7 for a bit of a patio thang.  Got nine 2x2' slabs up to the plot - found they go quite easy if you use the barrow and take em one at a time.   

There is a slab under the watering cans so will have two rows of three 2x2' slabs

Going to put some slabs in front of shed as well 

Over to mum and dad's for tea.  Very nice.  Bed about 10:30 very tired. 

Monday 11th July 2016 to Sunday 17th July 2016

Monday 11th July 2016
The usual, up at the crack.  Dog walked. Papers Fetched.  Work early.  Home late.  Dogs walked etc.etc.  Put new attic flap thing in.  Took pooch a walk up the golf course.

Watched a film called Watchmen.

Tuesday 12th July 2016
Same as usual.  Home for a bit after 6pm.  Watched Mission Impossible : Rogue Nation - very enjoyable.  Wrapped up a load of parcels for Lucy's upcoming birthday bless her.

Wednesday 13th July 2016
Up at 5:30 a bit later than normal (idiot that I am).   Dog walked, papers fetched still got into office before 8am so that was okay.  Lucy got training with Ashbourne Ladies on her birthday, no less - taken by Sue Smith (Doncaster Belles and England International Winger) on the Rec so took pooch up and we watched that for a bit.  All good stuff.

Saturday 16^th July 2016

The usual up at the crack.  Dog walked.  Bit at the lotty.  Golf at 12:45 – cancelled due to crap weather.  Went to Hathersage for a bass drum case in the evening.  All good stuff.

Sunday 17^th July 2016

We got pad for lunch so the usual preparation etc.   Did an hour or two down the lotty and back home for 1pm’ish.   Didn’t get a lot else done – watched the Open highlights on the BBC which were very good as usual.

Monday 4th July 2016 to Sunday 10th July 2016

Monday 4th July 2016
Up early, the usual.  Work back home about 6pm.  Dog walked and started work on Project Phil.

Tuesday 5th July 2016
Up early.  Dog walked, papers fetched, the usual into the office for 7.45am.

Wednesday 6th July 2016
Up  before 5am.  Watered both lotty plots by 5.45, papers fetched and back home before 6.15am Into the office for 7.45am

Thursday 7th July 2016
More of the same.

Friday 8th July 2016
More of the same  - walked pooch through big meadow.

Saturday 9th July 2016
Cripes it knows how to rain and that's for sure.   Wedding at nightime at Golf Club which was closed so didn't miss out on a round of gold so that was good.

Sunday 10th July 2016
Rainy again - pain in the arse weather better be gone by August.  Painted a bit of wood to be a new attic flap that will hopefully be a fair bit lighter than previous one!!

Monday 4th July 2016 to Sunday 10th July 2016

Monday 4th July 2016
Up early, the usual.  Work back home about 6pm.  Dog walked and started work on Project Phil.

Tuesday 5th July 2016
Up early.  Dog walked, papers fetched, the usual into the office for 7.45am.

Wednesday 6th July 2016
Up  before 5am.  Watered both lotty plots by 5.45, papers fetched and back home before 6.15am Into the office for 7.45am

Saturday 9th July 2016
Cripes it knows how to rain and that's for sure.   Wedding at nightime at Golf Club which was closed so didn't miss out on a round of gold so that was good.

Sunday 10th July 2016
Rainy again - pain in the arse weather better be gone by August.  Painted a bit of wood to be a new attic flap that will hopefully be a fair bit lighter than previous one!!