It all started on Friday when I had a morning off. Lovely day and I thought I must weed the top border before escaping into the shed. it's called the top border because it's just short of 5 feet above the patio and the retaining wall has some nice coping stones.
As I'm up there digging I though "I must be careful or I could fall off", 20 seconds later I put my foot on the coping stone which was loose and down I went!
![Shocked :o](https://www.awgb.co.uk/awgbforum/Smileys/classic/shocked.gif)
Battered and a bit shaken I was able to reassure Joan next door I was OK as stuck her head over the fence to see what had caused the double expletives
![Embarrassed :-[](https://www.awgb.co.uk/awgbforum/Smileys/classic/embarrassed.gif)
and enquire after my welfare.
When my wife returned home she commented that I had "trashed the forsythia as well"
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Undeterred I finished the weeding and managed enough time in the shed to tidy it up before I had to go to work.
Saturday dawned and after doing the normal weekend jobs I got into the shed full of enthusiasm to make the competition entry for this Friday - a mushroom box. I decided to turn a threaded box similar to John B's Zulu Box from some yew. It had a few shakes in it but a bit of superglue and all went well until the final polishing - lapse in concentration (presumably delayed concussion
![Wink ;)](https://www.awgb.co.uk/awgbforum/Smileys/classic/wink.gif)
) and i caught the box in the buffing wheel and it broke the flange as it bounced off the shed wall. I normally put a mat behind the lathe for such an eventuality but forgot this time (that concussion again).
So much for Saturday!
Sunday is a brand new day, bigger piece of yew, no shakes and off I go again. Threads OK, box OK, bit of a rush to get it finished as i am leaving for work in the afternoon and I promised we'd look at garden furniture before I went. Jam chuck not brilliant fit, chanced it (that concussion again
![Roll Eyes ::)](https://www.awgb.co.uk/awgbforum/Smileys/classic/rolleyes.gif)
) got small catch and broke the flange again
![Cry :'(](https://www.awgb.co.uk/awgbforum/Smileys/classic/cry.gif)
Hey ho, two pieces of decorative firewood and as I'm not home again until Friday night, with just enough time to dump my stuff and leave for the club I shall have to be a non entrant this month! We did get to look at furniture though so I got a brownie point
![Cool 8)](https://www.awgb.co.uk/awgbforum/Smileys/classic/cool.gif)
Next weekend can only be better!
Cheers Atco