Grave Situation

I always have a good look in the graveyard on my walk up to the allotment. I do have a vested interest as the allotment land is owned by the adjacent church and obviously at some point in the future will be given up for graves.

There is currently an area of about an acre that is available for graves that is gradually filling up. Thankfully the fashion for cremation means that the demand for burial plots is not great and I estimate that the allotments should be safe at least in my lifetime.

Anyway - image my surprise to see not one, but two new graves this week. Odd thing is, that with the earth piled high, it did cross my mind for a milli-second that these must have been very fat people. I did resist the urge to see if the top soil was better than that on my allotment.

Catching up 2

Well I have been a bit lazy with my blog over the last few weeks - partly because not a lot is happening at this time of year and partly because of other issues. It is taking me a long time to fully recover from the Chicken Pox and as a consequence the digging wasn't getting done as I simply haven't had the stamina or the energy.

However, I have now found myself out of work after the company I was working for decided to terminate my contract so I have found time to work up the allotment and update my blog.

This week I took advantage of the excellent weather and got about a third of the allotment dug. I have to do it in short bursts so as not to give myself a bad back. About an hour a day is all I dare manage. But the conditions are currently perfect. We haven't had any rain since 5th February resulting in the soil being quite dry for this time of year. The temperature has been delightful so that I have on some days been digging in my shirt sleeves.

Anyway, to demonstrate I have attached a photo of the local church, the grounds of which I walk through on my way to the allotment.