This has been a very heavy week - work wise. A job that I had hoped to complete in two days, but had allowed for two and half, ended up taking about four days in all to complete. Last night I completed the job and am generally pretty pleased with the result. On of the draw backs of self employment is that you can't just clock of at 5:00 and come back in the morning, no the job must be finished.

The majority of my paid work is gardening, usually maintenance, looking after the plants, weeding cutting grass etc. but I also do a little landscaping, the job I have been engaged on is re-laying a patio. When I lifted the stones on Monday I found a strange mixture of materials underneath, including poured concrete in lumps. This meant all sorts of problems and a lot more work than expected, then the Builders Merchant delivery of materials was about six hours late. The job has been a pain in bottom, but the customers are a really nice couple and the completed job, although not perfect, is a major improvement on what was there before.

Not a great shot but this shows the finished paving with a nice french gully running round between the house and the paving.

On a different note I am looking forward to conducting Croydon Brass on Saturday, this will only be my second outing with them as M.D. so it is all still very exciting.