STARTING THE CLEARING

Mammoth task! We cut down the dodgy overhanging limbs of trees and left the others precariously perched and hope they will stay!! Geoff and I cleared all the brambles, all this area was taller than us in monster thorn bushes, now we just have to make it somehow into our secret garden, the first picture shows a ledge...a very small ledge but this with some ingenious engineering on Pete's part...now that's a frightening thought...100mm man on the case...sorry Pete couldn't let that one go...(for those who don't know what I am on about...Pete is very talented and clever...however he has a real gift of cutting things 100mm too short or too long...its usually too short when its very expensive and it costs a lot to put right...hence the nic name 100 mil man!!). Any way some how we need to construct a bridge 20m across crumbling edge to access the clearing that you can see Pete here working on. We dug 1/4 of a summerhouse base. I had hurt my back so wasn't as much use as I should have been but tried....It was like digging carpet the root systems were horrendous, but we have made a start, as soon as October comes we wont be able to work outside as we must remove the interior of the Mill about 3000 blocks I think...god knows how we will do that...Oh well we usually plod on...Don't think there is any chance of a day off for a year or two...no change there then....but we love it??!!!