Finally after a summer of rain I have been unable to avoid the rainiest rainy day job, which is clearing out the workshop. Despite trying to find work that can be completed outside in the rain I have failed and nothing is left accept to attempt a cleanup on our workshop.

Having briefly tidied the workshop bench earlier on in my time back, mostly because I could not find anything so at least me tidying the tools up meant I knew where they all were, I knew this was not going to be a pleasant task.

With a floor barely visible and an impressive collection of junk, spiders and dust, our workshop is more a place where things long past possible use or repair are stored in the hope that some elves will come along and magically restore these items to their former glory. It is a bizarre collection of odds and ends, amongst which we have a selection of early 20th century branding irons complete with family initials, a one legged television, an ancient meths powered lantern and an impressively large collection of wood saws most many many years since they were used.

That said the workshop can come up trumps it has all the tools for simple fixes or enough to bodge something to survive a little longer before it is replaced. Now the task is completed I am actually quite content that a little bit of order has been restored amongst the branding irons and wood saws.

In line with tradition I have left the broken rechargeable drill for the elves on the bench, failing that if someone steals it will be a small revenge.