Getting into the groove. Cut a path through the grass onto the allotment and planted some maincrop potatoes- Arran Victory, Sarpo Axona and Pink Firs.
 Lacking a scythe or a lawnmower I improvised the grass cutting using a cordless hedge trimmer. Worked ok albeit with a lot of bending and stooping. Used the mattock for a bit of trenching. I reckon that a mattock/adze type tool for grubbing and gouging would have been among the first tools fashioned by early humans to modify their surroundings...