"DaveDay34" wrote in message
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Personally I'd go for a new fork, or something
else that I needed, or maybe a couple of folding seats to sit on whenever
I
needed a rest, or maybe a new flask for my tea/coffee, or some fancy
biscuits
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Many thanks to G, Jonathan, Hussein, Ned, Steve, Stuart, Dave, Sue and Bob,
for your obs and advice.
I have shown your posts to my neighbour and have ellected to go for hand
digging.
As luck would have it, my neighbour is one of those tough itinerant farm
workers and I am going to suggest that he buys a new fork and I will buy a
folding seat, as mentioned by Dave above. Plus I've always wanted a
stainless steel vacuum flask. I suspect, however, he may just beat the crap
out of me, for me cheek. Still, these are the stuff of dreams..........Best
regards Paul.