Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Not Quite Back to Normal

Tuesday left out the dull start and we had sunshine for most of the day. There was a time early afternoon when it looked like a thunderstorm was brewing but the cloud just broke up and disappeared leaving the rest of the afternoon warm and sunny.

We were looking for a less eventful day after our fright on the horse drawn tram car on Monday. It didn't quite work out to plan as first we had a telephone call from a plot neighbour to report that our shed had been broken into.

I’m going to call the culprits vandals as we had nothing stolen, not that we keep anything worth stealing in the shed, but they had the decency to carefully remove a pane of glass to gain entry after trying to prise open the door. The glass was propped against our tayberry in one piece.
After climbing in through the window they must have then gone through everything in the shed to discover that there wasn't anything of value before moving on to try someone else’s shed. Surely a look through the window would have served just as well and saved them some trouble. At least the break-in spurred us into cleaning and tidying  the shed
As we arrived to assess the damage to our shed an ambulance was on site. Apparently one of our other plot neighbours had decided to take on trying to remove a wasps nest. The wasps won. As we left the site to buy some putty to repair the shed window one of the ambulance crew confirmed that the plot holder was okay. 

It goes to show that you've always got to treat nature with a bit of care and respect as you never quite know when it’s going to turn on you.

Copyright: Original post from A Gardener's Weather Diary http://ossettweather.blogspot.co.uk/ author M Garrett

Posted by Martyn at 08:13

8 comments:

  1. David Ford28 August 2013 at 19:02

    Well it could have been worse that looks a decent size shed Martyn is it a 6x4` sorry I dont do metric


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    1. Martyn28 August 2013 at 20:11

      It's 8x6 in old money David. It certainly could have been worse. They've prised the door open before leaving me with some repair work to do to fix the door.

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  2. CJ28 August 2013 at 21:45

    Sorry about your shed. This happens at our site every so often too. And a neighbouring plot that is utterly immaculate was vandalised a few weeks ago - plants pulled up and a six foot fruit frame damaged. Cigarette ends and cans were left by their bench as well. They've taken the bench away now - while they are happy for anyone to sit and enjoy their plot, they don't want to encourage destructive people. It's such a shame. I'm very impressed with the inside of your shed though - lovely! Mine's small, damp and dark and who knows what is lurking in the corners.

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    1. Martyn29 August 2013 at 08:59

      Seems having your shed vandalised is just a fact of allotment life. No one wants to do anything about the problem.

      Have a look at Sue's blog post today. Whilst I was fixing the window Sue took the opportunity to tidy up the inside of the shed.

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  3. BilboWaggins29 August 2013 at 12:52

    What a week you're having, thankfully no serious vandalism (remember a few years ago there was a spate of shed fires at allotments?)

    I was stung twice (by the same wasp) whilst mowing the lawn a few days ago. Stupid thing seems to have flown up my trouser leg! Hurt like hell so I have great sympathies for your neighbour, even though they were being incredibly stupid. Something in the paper last week about the huge numbers of wasps this autumn, not sure it explained why though.

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    1. Martyn29 August 2013 at 20:19

      Wasps are now enjoying our plums. It's a dangerous job picking fruit. We've both been stung by wasps so we too have first hand experience of how unpleasant their stings are. I reckon a few more weeks and the nest will go through the natural cycle of these things in any case.

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  4. Anonymous5 September 2013 at 22:06

    Glad to hear that no major damage and theft was done. Its still annoying though when low lives have no respect for your property. As for respecting nature, my blog heading has a hint.

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    1. Martyn6 September 2013 at 10:48

      More break-ins on Wednesday night. We escaped this time though. Guess there's absolutely no deterrent so they'll continue until they are sure there's nothing worth stealing left on the site.

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