That's April over already!, 30.4.2025.

 Well, that's April over again for another year!, the weather has turned out nice and forecast for the next two weeks is looking good!.

It was 27 degrees today in Manchester and not seen rain for about two weeks now, we used to be called the rainy city but not anymore!.

The past week I've only been down to Reddish Vale once, so here are the pictures from then.

Swan on nest.

Female was still sat on her eggs, but Ivan her mate was looking after her well.

Blue tits.

Squirrels were as cute as ever.

A pair of mandarin ducks.

 Male looking splendid in his breeding colours

Best kept bench in the park 

Making good use of the Quinn bench. 

Terrapins out enjoying the sunshine.

 Signage in the park about the works that the park replaces. 

Back home it was back to tree cutting again!,

The small chain saw I bought has been a godsend and could recommend it to anyone ( with a bit of common sense of course, as they are dangerous tools) but I discovered that the chains are all a standard size for all makes, so was able to buy another 4 chains and they came with two files to sharpen them, all for £19.99 from good old Amazon.

Cleared a lot of undergrowth tonight so we could see that needs doing next. 

Can see the boundary mark now on the bottom left

Alfie's new plant seems to be doing alright on top of his box, keeping it well watered this weather though.

Till next time have a good May Bank Holiday.

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What's the definition of macho?,

Jogging home after a vasectomy.

Why are dolphins smarter than human's?, 

within three hours they can train a man to stand at the side of a pool and feed them fish!.

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