Welcome back Shirl! Pleased you got all that sorted.
Allotments can create odd situations - one of the old fellas on our site, who has been there for donkey's, has up and left. Pulled down his makeshift greenhouse and rotovated the whole job lot. Seems he had "words" with other allotmenteers and said that enough was enough. His trouble was...well, he liked a wee drop with some of the other lads down there but the wee drop was often quite a large one and he did tend to get a bit over the top. There are a number of people there who don't approve of drinking so their attitude is "good riddance", but I shall miss him. He gave me apples this year and told me where the wild apple trees were hiding. He introduced me to his (huge) German Shepherd dog. He laughed at my methods but later told me I had wonderful onions and I was the only one to do decent garlic, and would give me some of his huge winter leeks when mine were gone.
We did have a few trouble makers one year (breaking rules, being rude to others) but they realised they were outnumbered so got up and left when the silent majority made it clear that they were no longer welcome.
It's a funny old world...
Hope your new site is much better!
