Friday 22nd April 2011

Up early today excited as wanted to get the allotment.   I arrived with my trolley loaded up a spade and fork, endless bottles of water, sausage sandwich, trainers and socks, union jack chair, pad and paper.    I open up the chair and though now what !   I didn't know where to start so I sat down and started planning on paper .   I decided the carpeted area I was sitting on would be my decked  area, made with old pallets.  I had forgotten the most important item to be able to plan properly - the tape measure.   So i guessed and thought it was about 25 foot by 15 foot.  

The phone rang with Jan asking "where are you".  She was at my flat but she soon arrived at the allotment.  I was so relieved to see her as I knew she would be able to help me the planning as we had done her garden last year.  

We planned for a while, and decided a path to divide up the plot into small beds was the first job.   We rumaged in the recycling and piled up a pallet and other pieces of wood.   We then tried to lift it but someone's bum got stuck and we were rescued by a very tall man who said he would put it on his barrow.   He then proceeded to give us a ice lolly !   It was boiling hot so very welcome.    This man whose name I had forgotten was so helpful. 

We worked for an hour or so before the scorching heat beat us.   I started to feel sick with the heat and said this to Jan and she too was feeling the same way so we stopped.   We had though produced part of the path.