Oh what fun to have

[Stacey Steve]

Went down to the allotments yesterday for the first time in a week, just to see if everything was OK.

I had moved the "polytunnel", well one of those 3x2m tubular greenhouses, in between the shed and the greenhouse. Thought it would be nice and sheltered there. The back end was protruding past them at the back, so I lashed that end down.

As I came down the hill, I thought that's not where I left it.

It had been blown over my fence and was now residing in a tree about a 100m away. Buy first I had to get to the tree.

I tried stamping down the bramble thicket that was the last 25m but was not doing my legs the world of good. So it was back to the shed to get cutters.

Cut a path through but then couldn't get the thing down out of the tree, I had to get it down as the tree was the last place before a busy road.

Back to the shed and get the loppers.

Managed to get it down but it fell into the thicket. More cutting.

Eventually dismantled it and took it back to my plots.

Only three damaged tubes, which hopefully I'll be able to repair but interesting patterns on arms, legs and chest.

I said to OH before going, I'll just pop down the plots on the way back from the dump and Tescos (no they are not one and the same place), three and a half hours later I got home.

[Flummery]

You do get a full-body workout when you get an allotment, don't you?

[HayleyB]

Good job the tree was there or you would have had a longer trek

[pdblake]

You've probably already thought of this, but just in case, you might want to stake it down in future

[Snadger]

Just tie some string on it, wait til the wind gets up, and use it as a box kite!

[Stacey Steve]

HayleyB: The other side of the tree is a busy road, could have given someone a nasty shock. Then 100m after is the North Eastern railway line, even nasty a shock. Not a thought worth thinking from someone who bought Heathrow to a halt once!

Snadger: The idea of paragliding did pass across my brain, wondered if I could get into the Guiness Book of Records.

[Peter]

.....Not a thought worth thinking from someone who bought Heathrow to a halt once!

My god, a rich Grape, that or Jonafon Woss!

Gissa loan?

[lynda66]

first time mine took off, it ended up on top of the washing line ...... the trampoline did end up in a tree earlier this year though ...... bit windy up here ...... thankfully it's not took off since i fastened it down better.

[HayleyB]

SS how did you bring Heathrow to a stop from someone who nearly got blown up at Heathrow