Got up early to leave the house at 8.30, so I could get to Ruth's by 9am. I arrived beforehand and she wasn't there, but came back soon with a 2.5m pink-flowered hawthorn which she wanted to plant out at her grandfather's property at Wilsill. I loaded up the car with my chainsaws and some wire and pliers, as Ruth had mentioned making a compost heap with some pallets.
We took an hour to get the 30 miles and arrived at 10.15, and Ruth showed me the compost system which needed dealing with - 5 bays made of cemented blocks, with wooden fronts, which were perhaps originally pallets. However, these were in a poor state of repair, and the heaps had loads of weeds on them too. I dealt with the lowest one first - the whole garden is on a steep slope. I removed the weeds and uncomposted materials and then put all the reasonable compost onto a tarp for Ruth and family to deal with. Then I made a start on the second, putting the weeds and uncomposted stuff in the base of the first one. This material was not so well composted so I put the majority of it into 5 sacks, where it should mature somewhat.
I then finished off the work on the line of Leylandii trees, getting right to the top of the line, so that all the lower branches were gone - then I started working down the line taking off higher branches, until Ruth told me it was time to stop, after 9 hours. Nice drive back, and cycle back from Acomb.
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