A definite change in the weather

The weather has definitely turned, and, with showers forecast, it is difficult to make a decision on how to fill my day.

This morning I decided to haul the log splitter from the carport and make a start, splitting the wood that was sawn on Sunday. I probably managed an hour, maybe a little more, before the rain started. Obviously water and electricity don't mix, so the log splitter was put away, and I looked for something else to occupy my time.

I headed up to Rose Cottage and spent some time re-stacking some logs. Basically I need to make as much space in there as possible, to accommodate the ash logs. The big BUT is that I need to stack the ash in such a way that I can still get access to the dry wood at the back of the shed. My plan is to stack the ash on the right hand side of the log shed, leaving a corridor down the left hand side. When Autumn comes, I should be able to sidle down the corridor, to gain access to the dry logs stored at the back of Rose Cottage.

Today I needed to shift a stack of softwood, that had been left near the front of Rose Cottage, since I left it there last February. These logs have now dried, so they were moved to the back, with the rest of the dry wood. I now have space for some* of the ash.

With space freed up in the log store, I returned to log splitting, and finished working my way through the wood I had sawn up on Sunday.

I then had a massive sleep, and it was two hours before I shifted my arse off the sofa.  When I eventually got my shit together, I headed outside and cleared up the sawdust and chunks of bark and wood from the grassy area in front of the garage doors. 

You can definitely see that some progress has now been made, and there is far less tree out there, than there was.

This evening saw us head in to Redditch to see Jonny Cole at The Palace Theatre.  Jonny is a Black Country comedian, whose set is based around popular songs that have been re-written with comedic Black Country references.  One example is the Bill Withers hit Lovely Day, that has been transformed to become Dudley Day. Another was Bob Marley's No Woman, No Cry, that had become a tale of a departing girlfriend that took the TV remote control with her ... No Women, No Sky.

It was a very funny show and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I would definitely be keen to catch his next tour. Obviously it helped that we don't live a million miles from the Black Country, and are familiar with the accent and colloquialisms. Both 30% and I attended Wolverhampton Polytechnic, so have an appreciation of the culture, geography and Black Country sense of humour.

One chap in the audience was from London. We really hope that he had an interpreter, as I'm not sure that Jonny's comedy would travel particularly well. At this point I do need to stress, that we thought he was brilliant!

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* There is no way all of it will fit in there. I am considering stacking some on pallets and using tarpaulins to keep it dry.  I am also eyeing up the carport as a potential store too.