First cut of the season

The first part of Sunday was consumed, yet again, by Rugby. After last week's final match of the Season, today was presentation day, so I headed out around the Three Miler early in the morning to allow T&M to stretch their legs. 30% dropped TP at the club and we headed over there later on to watch the speeches, hand shaking and post-presentation celebrations.* I also consumed a £1 beef burger that was significantly better than the one I paid £9 for on Friday.

We arrived back home for a late lunch and then I headed back out to the garage to continue the reorganisation. The final pallet was removed and rapidly converted to firewood with the assistance of the chainsaw. I then gave the Porn Mower her first outing of the season ... I primed the carburettor and pulled the starter cord and she fired up at the first attempt. Twenty minutes later I was tucking her back in to the garage. I would like to say that the lawn looks fantastic but I can only manage better and I need to be careful as that is stretching the truth. I really need to spend a good afternoon out there with soil, grass seed and a couple of rolls of turf followed by a month of watering to get the lawn in to a reasonable condition.

Next on the list was to clean and lubricate the chain on the Honda which involved an our hour spent with a paintbrush and paraffin removing grease from the chain before giving it a fresh spray of lube. I am hoping I can find time tomorrow to give her a bloody good clean as she is filthy.

Final activity of the day was to make a start on the early nineteenth century pine sideboard that was stripped last year and has cluttered up the garage since then. One of it's back legs was damaged when it was returned from the stripper and today I made a start on its repair. The legs are basic affairs made from pine board and nailed to the sideboard base.  This is most definitely not a high end piece of furniture but it will be fine until we can find something we like better and I plan to make the replacement leg from oak which should be somewhat more resilient.

It looks like today's activities may have set the agenda for tomorrow.

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* This seems to involve a race where the participants have to stand on a chair and consume a pint of lager also containing a mars bar and pickled egg. First man to empty the glass wins. Fingers can't be used to grasp either the chocolate or the egg.