A cold day with a frost first thing. Washed two cars S and A making 230 to date. Go to see Mr Partridge in the morning. Hope I go on ok. Did all the Ts.

Had a lie in this a.m. Didn’t get up until 11am. Quite cold this morning. Went to Dot’s for tea. Ron came for us. Little Jane a bit better. Got home at 8pm.

Day on today. A bit on the cool side. Got done about 10am. Knee bad. Had to put splint on. Ron came for post for this gate. Went to the Sheaf on my bike. Got home at 10.30.

Another nice, mild day. Car washing H.B1. and S, T in the week, making 228 to date. Cleared the silage lab out again. More silage. Wow. Had a bonfire for Jane last night. Ron fireworks.

A fairly mild day but dull and cloudy. Got pram wheels for Shack. Cleared a load of hay out of the lab. Did Ts. Washed S and T’s cars. Raked more leaves and burnt them.

A nice sort of day but wind on the cool side. Cleaned jets and did the Ts. Raked leaves from under the rhodies and burnt them. Stayed to dinner. Leg eaiser.

Not a bad day, fairly mild. Raked leaves from in front of T’s office and burnt them. 3 big fires. Cleared out the silage lab and did all the Ts. Stayed dinner. Leg still bad.

Fog at first but cleared later and some sunshine. Car washing. G,B2,A,K making 224 to date. Did Ts. Stayed dinner again. Knee very bad today. Told T I am going to get it locked*.

*I think this was arthrodesis , a process used before reliable joint replacements were available. The bones in joints, like Granddad’s knee, were surgically fused to create one continuous, stable bone. This permanently “locked” the joint in a fixed position (usually a slightly bent angle for walking) to eliminate pain and provide stability. Pretty brutal.  This is how I remember Granddad, with one leg permanently straight.

The fog still round. Got up 10am. Cold. Dot and Jane came for tea. Went home at 7pm. Stayed in with Nell and watched tellie. Not very good programme.

Day off today. Got up at 10.30am. A cold morning with fog about. Leg too bad to do any gardening. Did some reading and watched the telly. Went to pub on bike.