The apprentice.

Spent a gorgeous day in the garden with RF (the apprentice (yes I'll be in trouble!)) We dug her aged scarifier out of the shed, I was a little doubtful we'd get it started but it got a full service. Old fuel out, new fuel in, spark plug out, cleaned and gap adjusted with a whack then heated with a cigarette lighter, my glamorous assistant inserted a new air filter fashioned from a spare vacuum cleaner filter, couple of pulls on the cord and away it went. Why did I doubt it?? it's got a Kawasaki engine.

She scarified like a pro and I cleared up, we also did some weeding and edging then retreated to the conservatory to sit and admire, when the cloud came over it's still cold.

The trees are a strip of remaining beech wood close to hers where we walked the boys before ordering a naughty takeaway pizza, well, it is a bank holiday.