"A.Lee" wrote in message
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'Mike' wrote:

"A.Lee" wrote in message
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Thanks for the advice. I'm sick of my job currently, and a mate does a
bit of gardening, all he does is dig and plant, no mowing etc, and he
reckons there is so much work around that he turns down 20 hours a
week.

Your friend is turning away 20 hours a week. But it is the busy season in
the garden. My wife has just come in and said 'I could do with an army of
gardeners to help me' What would you do in the winter?

Well, yes, that is another worry, though my mate seems to think digging
and leaf clearance keeps him going in Nov. and Dec., and Jan and Feb are
trimming bushes and digging for the next crop, or getting beds ready.
I'm not so sure.

Don't know what it's like there, but don't forget that you have to pay to
get rid or your loads :-(( At least trades people do here on the Isle of
Wight.


As a matter of interest, what part of Leicester? We were Humberstone. Did
a
nice property development there :-)

Blaby now, used to be S.Wigston. Humberstone has changed a lot, there is
now a new development at the end of what used to be
Thurmaston/Humberstone Lane, it's called 'Hamilton', new build egg box
houses, taking over a massive area from Humberstone to near Scraptoft,
along with the obligatory massive Tesco, and going down the hill toward
Rushey Meads is all industrial estates now, leaving around a mile of
green space to Barkby, which is also under attack from the extension of
Syston and Thurmaston.
Alan.

Of course Hamilton High School on Keyham Lane West was the start of that
back in the 1960's :-((

Yes I know it all well and I was back in Scraptoft a couple of years ago
dealing with property.

As I said working for yourself is great, but there are headaches and you
have to be oh so tough and oh so polite :-))

If you do decide to have a go at it, I feel that the best advice I can
offer, is turn up when you say you will. 9.00 am on Tuesday is not 11.00 am
Wednesday without a telephone call first. But there is so much more than
that :-))

Good luck. If I can help, you know where to contact me.

Mike


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