Had great fun this morning.
Ten o'clock. Came across a couple of oldies with saws merrily attacking the giant fallen branch that was blocking the parish church path.
"Come on Geoff there's a third saw, come and help"
Even though we were stumbling all over the place, we systematically set about clearing the branch.
Too heavy for us to shift in one go. But our joint life experience immediately told us how to solve this problem. It was good to be united in a plan of action. We had saws that cut through the wood with relatively little effort and we knew how to avoid our saws getting jammed - well most of the time.
Soon there was another geriatric joining us. "Here take over this saw, I'm puffed out"
It took us perhaps 15 minutes to have the whole path clear and the debris showed freshly cut branches in their dozens.
"Bye" we said "That was fun" - " and the council are on the way to clear the path are they?"
Wasn't it good to feel we didn't need them!
A bit of community pulling together was all that was needed.
It gave us a buzz!
1 comment:
Well done lads!
No doubt a bit of strenuous exercise did you all good and what pleasure in achieving a joint goal.
As to blocked-up streams and drains, it is bound to happen at this time of year but I reckon too much rubbish gets thrown into open waterways all the year round.
Does the Council clear out drains as much as they used to?
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