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retropants, stay posuitive, you'r pretty much OK, whiplash should go if you don't over-favour it, it is sprain/strain.
Take the view that it could have been much worse, like this near me recently, http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/H ... 141714.htm and you'll be less bothered by the discomfort.


Probably a bit far to travel, but my colleague is selling his late grandfather's Peugeot 107 Urban with a/c, 1012 plate, £5,500.

As I do 'no dig' I don't have to dig my plot over before winter, but do need to cover all the beds with compost/manure/whatever I can get hold of. And no, I'm not up to date - wish I was! I haven't started putting the compost etc on the beds yet as if I start doing it in patches as I clear, I forget which I've done and which I haven't So I'm still clearing - got blackberries and summer rasps to prune and clear, French beans, and the finished tomato and cucumber plants are still in their pots in the greenhouse, needing to be sorted.

Retropants, I'm sorry to hear of your accident. Is Cranliegh too far to go for your car? Might this http://213-04.com/t.asp?id=235079#2000848 suit you. The vendor is someone I trust.
You can click on the envelope icon to e-mail the vendor, he will know me as Golf Juliet Tango.

Hi Stephen,

That was an interesting site (Lotus Seven Club). It took me back to 1964 when I built a Seven from Kit. If you bought it in kit form, and didn't get professional help to build it, there was no Purchase Tax on it.

As manufacturers instructions were deemed to constitute professional help a booklet which said "We don't expect your Seven to have any problems but should you need to strip it down instructions to do this are enclosed. Re-assembly are the reverse of this" came with the kit.

Regards, Gerry.

Dear Retropants, sorry to hear about the accident, hope you are soon back to normal.

thankyou everyone, and for the links (my father used to be a member of the lotus 7 club, he had a couple in the 70's/80's)

I am looking for a ford fusion, which is what I had before. so it's off to autotrader I go! (only 2 weeks before my next craft fair, so no pressure!)

I managed to tie up the chrysanths yesterday and pick toms, flowers, squashes, cucumbers and a few other bits and pieces. right shoulder has gone into spasm overnight, so I'm sitting at my desk at work with the tens machine on!

The Seven, like the allotment is a source of great pleasure and has done so for years. It is interesting how both manage to generate tales from other people and make life great fun.

We're well behind on everything I'm afraid, apart from the greenhouses which are pretty well sorted...especially the smaller one, which I always end up putting alsorts of kelt under the bench and on the shelving, during the season. Had a good old clear out in there.

We're behind on the digging and have missed out on three weekends due to wet weather, son's wedding in Norfolk and wet weather again...the soil is too wet to be paddling about on at the moment. We like to get the potato plot dug at the very least...it's almost there.

I think I've got just enough dug to put the broad beans in, the rest will have to be as and when...

I ordered my seeds for next year, as I wanted the broad bean seeds, on Sunday afternoon and they turned up Tuesday morning. Next year begins.

MW

Yes, it's amazing, MW, isn't it, how the new growing year sort of begins in late autumn? I have already got all of my 2014 seeds, they all arrived almost by return of post. I order them early because I don't want any of my choices to run out. I am afraid we can't sow broad beans here at this time of the year, the losses would be too great..

My allotment plan is all drawn up as well - the anticipation is almost as good as the reality!

Managed to plant my garlic [Music] yesterday working from scaffolding boards.

I got my broad beans in on Thursday afternoon and I think they've just had a rather extreme watering in... I didn't get any in last year and they were much missed. I like to get them about 2-3" high to go through the winter, any bigger and they get damaged. I cover with hoops and net just to keep the pests off rather than weather protection.

And 12 more bags of manure were pushed up the hill, I suppose it keeps me fit. Brought home my allotment seed tin for a sort out and discovered that I had more peas left over than I thought.

MW

Looks like Sunday is going to be OK down here - chance to catch up a bit more but might be first frost as clear night, so that will create more to clear!
One step forward, two back etc

Westi

Started spreading the manure today, and lovely, gooey stuff with lots of worms it is, too. Robin, dunnock and blackbird arrived in next to no time to take their pick!

The farmer dropped the fresh cow manure over the fence onto the site in early spring and we wheeled it on to our plot, heaped it up and covered with black plastic, so it's beautifully rotted now.

Shallot Man wrote:Managed to plant my garlic [Music] yesterday working from scaffolding boards.

I wish to ask, before I presume.
Are you working from scaffolding boards because your ground is waterlogged?
If so, aren't you worried your garlic will rot?