The word for the day was mowing so that is what i did for many hours apart from the time i drove to Kettering and picked up the gas bottle and sprayed the outside of the house and sweat shop with surface spray to try and control the web makers that are cocooning the buildings. I started at 9 and finished just before 7. I was afflicted by the "wanting to get a job finished before we leave" syndrome. I did experiment with the tipping pint of the mower whilst it was stationary on a slope with the engine off managing to get 2 wheels off the ground. Made the change to the push mower in the steeper sections easier. We have made a marked visual difference to the surrounds here although the creek remediation will be in the hands of the next helpers who arrive Monday.
All this work of course was done with the back drop of the ocean, plenty of sun and a pleasant sea breeze.
Tomorrow I want to go to the end of the world and do the walk to South Cape Bay. Susan has volunteered us in the morning to help "Alby" (whose legs are now dicky) set up the marquees for the Woodbridge Market on Sunday. Hopefully this will not eat into the day too much else i will be having one of my grumpy attacks. If it does i guess we can pack up tomorrow afternoon and do the walk Sunday. It's easy to be flexible when you don't have to be anywhere at anytime as long as you do get to anywhere eventually!
Susan spent the day mulching, did a bit of mowing, planted seedlings and cooked tea.
Todays pictures were some faraway bird shots. I have been looking at "proper " telephoto lenses to improve my long shots but they are well beyond my budget and in fact exceed the price of my camera with it's two lenses.
Night folks
Cheers Simon
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