This morning's activities started with the application of the final coat of oil to the bottom rails of the gates. This didn't take long, and, as it wasn't particularly warm, I was glad to return to the shelter of the workshop.
Once I'd cleaned the brush and tidied up a little, I settled to cutting the rails for the cupboard doors. I then went on to cut a test tenon on a piece of scrap wood. The test piece was a little loose in the mortices, but I am now feeling a little more confident that I can make a decent job of the doors for my work bench.
The afternoon included a post-prandial snooze, before I headed out for a walk with Hobson and TB.
It became clear that my walk wasn't sufficient exercise, as I then gathered a spade, mattock, axe and wheelbarrow, and headed out to the front lawn. Here I made another assault on the conifer stump's root wad. After an hour or two I had dug out a wheelbarrow full of top soil and chopped out a good few feet of sizeable roots.* I had manage to level the ground around the stump, but lacked the energy and enthusiasm to level out the final piece of the root wad** ... that can wait until tomorrow.
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* Having recently sharpened my chainsaw, there was no bloody way I was going to use it to cut out tree roots again. I'll have to use it to deal with the wood from the ash tree pretty soon.
** For the moment there is an odd little grass topped mound about two feet away from the stump.
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