That's more like it!

Yes, the weather - today was a pretty darn good day to be outside.
Things being a little quiet, so I spent the majority of the day on the allotment ~ 6.5 hours; more digging, pruning fruit (raspberries), and feeding and mulching raspberries and apple trees, sorted out one of the compost bins and had a very warming fire to get rid of a large heap of last year's waste and the remnants of last years Christmas tree!

Apart from the fact that from the bonfire smoke I temporarily smelled like I'm on 40 a day - it was a good day; especially watching the sun set - a very red sphere tonight - and still able to work outside until 5.45pm or so.

Yesterday I part surveyed some friends back garden (it was absolutely freezing!), as I volunteered my services in trying to pull together a plan to make something of a very challenging garden (wet/damp, shady, overshadowed by very large pine tree, poor soil, poor lawn). Next I'll be drawing up a scaled plan and putting some ideas together. I had thought that one answer might be the second Eden project (back garden fully enclosed in some sort of atmospheric 'bubble') - I don't expect Tewkesbury BC would approve somehow!

Excitement mounts as Richard takes part in his first road cycle race of the season tomorrow. Should be interesting to see how his fitness is, especially after all his winter training.