Most of the weekend was spent on doing the new grass lawn on the front yard. Bloody hard work to remove the old turf by the roots. I lacked some appropriate tools and used oldfashioned stubborn manners more or less by hand to get it off. I think I was more tired after that work yesterday, than I would have been if I had run the marathon, that I decided to cancel. All focus on the grass!

I also found lots and lots of white short fat ugly worms under the old turf, that for sure were the reason for the magpies to attack my lawn. Hopefully the worms have escaped somewhere else now after a night without any turf protection and I don't believe that the magpies will manage to get through the new thick turf. Otherwise, I will use tougher means to win the battle. I might statue an example, by killing one magpie and put it on public display on the lawn. I have actually already tried to shoot one with my airgun, but I didn't draw fast enough. Perhaps I need to hire a hitman with a better shotgun.

Today I did the fun part, the rollout & fitting of the turf. Yes, Yes, Yes, very nice indeed. Great to work with grass. Perhaps I should become a greenkeeper at the golf club or something similar where I can be outside? It can't be meant that someone like me should spend 40 hours a week inside an office starring at boring computers or trying to look interested when other guys are showing dull powerpoints in conference rooms. Hmmmm .... well, it pays the bills, as they say, and right now I have a few mouths to feed, so I'll better skip the grass business ideas and stick to my old profession for another couple of years.

On another grass turf today, at Stamford Bridge, Man Utd almost managed to crack Chelseas 85 "games at home without a loss" suite, but as always they escaped with a draw after an equalizer 10 min before full time. The Red Devils looked much better today then last weekend's miserable match against Liverpool. This season can be more interesting then ever.