Konrad Kellen a great listener & more wood for the stash!

The story of a gypsy/traveller resettlement programme drags on locally some months after it hit the local papers headlines.  They were originally on the Bakewell showground but then were offered various locations which for one reason or another they deemed unsuitable.  The last we heard they were to be shunted off further down the valley at Holmesfield but this story in the Matlock Mercury indicates they are to be allowed to camp on land at Rowsley.  The odd thing is they have "dropped their request for electricity to be provided"  - - - cant quite figure out what that's all about?

Konrad Kellen was a great listener, Konrad who! I mused?  a fascinating story about a man, so the story go's who could have shortened the Vietnam war  Interesting tale though and maybe we could all learn a bit by listening rather than talking - - - I know I could!

Our weather still confuses us by being hot and sunny when for the last few years we have had some rather dreary summers. The current warm sunny spell is set to last another 10 days if you believe the weatherman's predictions! We were discussing it with a neighbour and agreed it might break just in time for the beginning of the kids long school holidays!  - - - great joy.

The project to turn the scrub land at the top of our garden took another leap forward yesterday.  There had been some renovation work going on to a building's roof which borders the south west part of the land which was finished yesterday.  I was closing our various greenhouse and shed doors around 2100 and heard a strimmer, thankfully not the noisy screaming type!  As I reached the top of our garden I noticed the current owner of the land busily working away obviously having waited until the heat of the day subsided before taking on the task.  Maybe the transfer day of the land is not far away!

It'll be another stint at the logging again today before preparing for a set of shifts again at the local Sainsbugs Supermarket starting tomorrow.  I managed to drop the second of the 2 trees which were close together yesterday.

  It looked like it might kick back onto the the stump due to the shape of the ground it was falling on so it was a case of having a clear escape route once it started to go.  I'll be lopping off the limbs today before tackling the trunk on my next week off.

The stash on the hard topped track is nearly 5 feet high now so we reckon it has about 12 cubic yards of wood in it just now.  Still plenty of room left!

Enjoy the day  

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