Alex
@naturisthiking
Avid reader. Love gardening and hiking naked. Really help my #mentalhealth. Recovering #depression / #anxiety / #ptsd. Supporting my wife through #breastcancer. 🇬🇧
Changed a broken switch. I’ve had the replacement for 18 months. I’ve honestly spent more time moving it around the kitchen than it took me to replace! That’s what happens when my brain isn’t working properly!🤷♂️
I decided to spend some money I got for my birthday a few weeks ago on a new tool to keep at the allotment. I’m so often there and wishing I’d brought a particular tool for this or that. Now I have everything in one tool! What do you think?
A bit too hot for working on the allotment today, so we spent some time this afternoon finishing my outdoor planting area! Here is the finished project, complete with Trespa lab bench, that I rescued from a skip at work!
Dinner was a success. Allotment time now. Although I put them in very late, I’ve got tomatoes on their way!
Took the afternoon off work to take H to another hospital appointment. We’re back. H has taken 12 swimming and I’m cooking tea. I don’t need to start cooking until 6 so naked reading time with pimms and lemonade first it is!🍸
A busy day. Planted some stuff. Dug up the potatoes. Cleared more brambles🥵 Current status: enjoying a beer whilst washing the mud and sweat off!
A view the other way from the allotment plot. Just being here is a massive boost to my MH. So much work to do, but any question of doubt when I took it has evaporated from evenings like this. I reckon I could do some of the plot naked too with some decent planting!
Last week we cleared the patio so that 18 and his mates could pressure wash it, so that his mates could take before and after shots for their pressure washing business. Today we put everything back again on got the sail up that’s been sitting in a box for over a year. Looks quite good!😎🍻
Popped down to the allotment with H to water the few things that we’ve so far put in. It’s a cracking spot to be in nature.
Spent the morning at the allotment, trying to get on top of it. Boy it’s too hot out there to be using the brush cutter! Currently sat in front of the air con trying to cool down. Current status : moist!🔥🌺🥵
Worked from home today. Very glad of the air conditioning! X-ray at the hospital at lunch as they try and work out what’s wrong with my poorly toe. Then half an hour pottering at the #allotment this evening and watering the few things that I’ve already planted.
Glad of a slightly cooler evening. Been out for an evening walk with 18. He brought his pear tree with him! Enjoying this hydrangea in my garden too.
Turned into a busy day. Showed 20 how to change back boxes on the lights in his new house. Spent a couple of hours at the allotment with 18. He did the strimming. I now have tomato’s in the greenhouse! Knackered and muddy though! I’ve earned this gin and tonic🍸
I’m so glad it’s a bit cooler today! Made it up to the allotment earlier with 18. His only condition on helping was that he would do the strimming. Free labour? I’ll agree to any condition. Before and after pics. Barbecue for tea now! With cold beer!
Worked from home today, so instantly home after finishing work! So no stressful commute home. Does that also mean, that as it’s Wimbledon starting next week, and bonkers hot as well, that a Pimms and lemonade is appropriate just now?
Hobbled down to my new allotment earlier and picked some sweet peas! Also got chatting to our allotment neighbour who took a look at our patch, and it transpires the front 1/4 right, which looked to be nothing but weeks, is actually a very good crop of potatoes!
Picked up the key for my new allotment and had planned to get cracking this weekend. However woke up with one of my toes twice the size it should be and in bad pain. Fortunately I was able to get an appointment with a nurse, who has given me antibiotics! There’s always next weekend!
After a hiatus of dealing with stuff. The roof is complete. Hedge cut. Just the work bench to go on! I’ve decided to take on the allotment too. Still not sure if I can can mange it, but worth a couple of years to see how it goes🤷♂️
Worked from home today, so was able to go view an #allotment plot at the bottom of the road. It’s basically from where I’m standing down to where the person is stood in the distance, and the width of the greenhouse and the wooden frame to the left. Any thoughts on whether I get it?
Wow. Turned into a very busy weekend. 12+ hours sleep the last 2 nights, but still knackered. I managed to do an ‘up front’ role at church this morning. Then spent the afternoon showing 20 how to sort some mains electric in the house he is buying. Cooked a roast for everyone and now relaxing!
Everyone is either out or revising or in the shower. That means a few minutes in my happy place! #drinkingonaschoolnight!
Last day of holiday and H and I made it to Haven Cliffs Naturist Beach! Although it was too bloody cold to take my jumper off 🤷♂️🥶
So much cooler here today thankfully. Trip into Lyme Regis this morning, and this afternoon mostly reading my book with a couple of cold beers. With being away, I had to give H her zoladex implant today, and am glad it’s a rare occurrence for me as the nurse usually gives it!
Today’s task. Cooking roast beef with all the trimmings for 21 people. I planned this meal before we knew we were going to have a heatwave here! Still a Sunday roast is always good!
Here is home for the next week. Away for our annual reunion with friends and it’s going to be hot!!☀️🥵🌞
Spent a pleasant hour re grounding myself in the mud this afternoon. Albeit between showers and hail. I was closely supervised by my robin friend (on my trowel handle!)
Bloody knackered. We split a lot of wood today! Looking forward to free heat come the winter!🔥