Mortar Bored

The re-pointing of my garden wall continues in desultory fashion by hour long the sessions - just long enough to tidy up the raked out gaps, mix the mortar, apply it around a score or so bricks, and tidy it all away; any longer and boredom sets in, concentration falters and my hands seize up, but the upside is that I can get it done between the UEFA 2016 matches with the afternoon game ending about four o’clock and the tea-time game kicking off at five.