Fly past

Today started a bit grey, but it soon brightened up, becoming ‘very fresh’, as my mum used to say, but a good day to do a job that we noticed needed doing in the garden. As the rose had started to die back, Brian realised a wooden beam that was set in the wall was rotten. And that the stones around it were now loose, and the wall was in need of repair. A job that needed doing before winter really set in. A couple of days before we had heard the cranes flying over, heading south. The locals say that once the cranes start to leave it’s about two weeks before the temperatures will drop, so we wanted to get this done before it got too cold, and before the winter did any more damage to it.

It started with Brian removing the loose stones above the rotten area, then cutting out the wooden beam. That didn’t take much as it was pretty rotten. He then cleaned it all out of any loose stones and debris, before mixing up some chaux (lime mortar) to use to fix the stones back into place. There are a few other areas of garden wall that need repair, but we will do them when the weather is warmer next year. What I do need to do though is get out and prune the roses.