DIY

Or, to be more precise, a spot of fence maintenance, more than twenty years since it was put in.

On return from the first spin around Jubilee Way for a few weeks, I noticed that the upper rail, top right was flapping around and projecting maybe an eighth of an inch beyond the face of the post into which it once slotted. The sort of thing which could get much worse if I left it.

Nail bar, club hammer, claw hammer, panel saw, G cramp and sundry lengths of timber from the dismantled garden shed deployed to force it back into position. The sundry lengths of timber serving to force the post the necessary eighth of an inch towards the road. Rail now nailed down and feeling nice and secure, but we will see how long the patch lasts.

Collateral damage in the form of a dislodged brick. wedged back into position. Pouring a spot of grout down the crack would probably make an unsightly mess and not thought to be a good plan at all.

PS: on the way back from Jubilee Way, there was still life in the Manor Green Road butcher. Still life in the sense that the front window display consisted of a pig's head, ears spread, nose forward. A good sign in that it suggests that the new team - which I have not yet had occasion to visit - has reverted to taking in entire pigs. Maybe they know a thing or two about butchering them.

References

Reference 1: https://psmv5.blogspot.com/2022/10/loft-ladder.html. And this only just over a week since the last bit of DIY. Hopefully in the clear for months now.