The ivy league

 It was a day to do some gardening - namely weeding.

This is the year of the bindweed. What an annoying plant it is. Unless you get out every piece of root it will simply re-grow. 

Brambles are a real nuisance too. One part of the garden had a monster bramble about eight metres long. It had grown rapidly and was a beggar to remove. Its thorns were vicious.

Finally English ivy. What a nuisance this is. Its ability to cling and root itself in cracks is what makes it so difficult to get at. It makes everything so dull and is so smothering.

A day out

 We went to Bristol today.

Cabot circus seems to be thriving but Broadmead and the Galleries are a shadow of their former selves. No BHS, no Debenhams, no M&S and others. It does look sad. 

Still, for a day out there were plenty of shops to go in and buy from.

Apart from the internet shopping, it surely cannot help shops when there is an idiotic Clean Air Zone charge, parking charges and exorbitant rents. Well done the dimwits for killing town and city centres.

Springing along

 Time to redecorate.

One of the jobs that I enjoy doing myself is decorating. I like painting the walls - not so much the ceiling as it is extra hard work. But it is really satisfying to repaint a room. It really does make it look so much fresher and brighter.