New Allotment

[rary]

Has to be Ayr Auld Kirk as depicted in The Holy Fair

Ayr Auld Kirk is in Tam O` Shanter , and the Holy Fair is one of the few poems that I can recite But no it`s not Ayr
The next clue "it was for the tax man"
Once you find the place I will have you over to dig my gairden your plot looks very good, and tidy I don`t do tidy

[Sheneval]

Ayr Auld Kirk is in Tam O` Shanter , and the Holy Fair is one of the few poems that I can recite But no it`s not Ayr
The next clue "it was for the tax man"
Once you find the place I will have you over to dig my gairden your plot looks very good, and tidy I don`t do tidy

I have never been a student of Burns but I'm sure I have read that Alloway Kirkyard was the background that Burns selected for Tam O Shanter. The Holy Fair guess was based on information taken from the Internet. Obviously both Tarbolton and Mauchline were places dear to his heart but I'm afraid I will have to give in as the Internet is not forthcoming despite your clues

I have already had suggestions regarding providing gardening assistance from two ladies on the vine and have somewhat reluctantly declined their pleas so I'm afraid you have no chance

[rary]

[QUOTE=Sheneval;1202561]t Alloway Kirkyard was the background that Burns selected for Tam O Shanter.) You are correct it is Alloway in Tam O` Shanter.
Here`s an other clue, he bought a horse.

[Sheneval]

rary, Only horse I could find was the one he bought in Edinburgh, which e used for his Highland Journeys, but after the publication of the Kilmarnock Edition perhaps he bought one in Kilmarnock as well?

[rary]

No Shen. not Kilmarnock but Kil...... a blastie;

[Sheneval]

Ah the Kilbirnie blastie in the Inventory - I had looked at it briefly before but discounted it

[Sheneval]

4 hours at the allotment today - daughter and grandsons were up for a couple of hours collecting woodchip and enjoying themselves

Ran out of nails so had to get an additional supply - need to cut out bad bits in a couple of boards
to finish off another bed - tomorrow looks good

[Sheneval]

Another 4 hours at the allotment today finishing edging 3rd bed, gathering 4 more barroloads of woodchip, chatting to neighbours and feeding robin worms.

[rary]

Ah the Kilbirnie blastie in the Inventory -

Thats it Shen, not that far for you to travel and you could tidy up my place

Here`s hopping.......Rary.

[Sheneval]

Don't remember ever being in Kilbirnie and I have driven all over Scotland never mind Ayrshire - vaguely remember my daughter skiing on artificial ski slope there many years ago??

Afraid I will be busy on my daughter's plot after I finish mine and by then it will be planting/sowing time and I will be kept busy until harvest time - in between I will be playing chess and working on Family History and of course looking after my three grandsons - I may have some free time by the time I'm 90 if you're still around

[rary]

[QUOTE=Sheneval;- I may have some free time by the time I'm 90 if you're still around [/QUOTE]
Dose that mean I havent long to wait

[Sheneval]

rary,

It means you live in a world of fantasy and have a better chance of winning the lottery, or of finding a beautiful rich young woman with a heart of gold whose only desire is to spend the rest of her life with an elderly bald man with almost permanently mud caked knees

[Sheneval]

Got a load of reclaimed fence wood delivered this morning and took out all the nails
from half of it and took the planks up to the allotment and placed them on daughter's plot. After lunch took the rest of it apart and the planks now lie in the driveway waiting to be taken to allotment tomorrow morning - now I'm going for a long soak in the bath and get ready to take eldest grandson to chess club tonight

[Dorothy rouse]

I do like the purple wood, it'll look good on your plot. I won't say you could grow PSB in it, cos you'd think I was being silly!

[Sheneval]

Dotty,

It is just a trick of the light - most of it it is really just plain old brown as can be seen on pics 2 & 3