A Weekend of Wassailing

Back to Lincolnshire to visit Simon and Sally for the weekend, and Bungle and Ferdy of course. Simon had a significant birthday earlier this year, and to mark the occasion, we gave him a pear tree to replace one of the poorer trees in their orchard. Saturday was a beautiful day so a tree planting ceremony was suggested. We thought that was a great idea.

That's funny, I don't remember being told that a Tree Planting ceremony involved removing the old tree

Oh Bugger. This one was a bit more rotten than Simon thought!

Many hands (and a few horsepower) make light work

The tree takes it's rightful place in the orchard. Just out of reach of the horses paddock.

Now that we've started, we might as well take out this other tree that need replacing. And this one. Oh and what about this one? By the time we were all finished, four fruit trees - three Apples and a Bullace had been pulled out of the ground. All were in need of removing - it's a very old orchard.

Simon very quickly dealt with the smaller rubbish.

Bungle was waiting patiently for apples. Ferdy meanwhile, was showing his usual lack of manners............