"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Well a few years ago Sue and friends bought me the Bulldog stainless steel
spade and matching fork for Christmas, it cost them £100 for each I
understand, and they were a special order.
When I thought I had lost the fork a couple of years ago I enquired about
a
replacement and found out that Bulldog no longer make these British made
tools as they were too expensive for the market even though they are,
simply, the best. Shame.

Oh, and no, I don't leave them down the allotments. :-)

What is it which makes a £100 spade any better than my spade which I bought
for £5?

Franz