Caught Topless!

11 May 2025 (Sunday)

Awake and up early… editing the segments I filmed yesterday for A Week at the Plot into the whole to create its entirety for this week, and then uploading it. Ko-fi members get early access so I scheduled a post on our Ko-fi page for noon, and tomorrow, some 24 hours later, I’ll make it publicly available on YouTube.

Then to the plot for what I said to Richard would just be a few hours!

I just got on with stuff at the plot, despite the heat - weeding, watering, chatting, pricking out, composting, more watering.

Early on I was just too hot so I decided to unclothe a little, and remove one of my T-shirts, of which I was wearing two. So… into my poly I went, closed the door, pulling down the top latch behind me to secure the door shut… took off my gloves, took my top T-shirt off… took off my braces from my shoulder… then my under T-shirt, then…

“Are you in there Paul?”

“Hmmm… Yes,” I blurted, adding “Just hot, so making a few adjustments.”

I was now squirming horribly, trying not to fall over between the lettuce bed, my poly chair, the workbench, and one ericaceous and one multipurpose compost. “I’ll come and see you in a minute.”

“Oh, I’ll wait,” came the reply, adding fluster and more anxiety to my already overheated self.

“You know, it’d be cooler with the door open,” came the unhelpful comment, which despite being true was also not about to happen just yet!

“Yes, but I’m changing my top and I didn’t think the whole site would want to see my naked top half!” I slightly gruffly offered as a reply, whilst swiftly pulling the straps of my braces over my shoulders and almost, almost putting my T-shirt on the wrong way round which would have meant bad luck if I’d had to take it off again and put it the right way round.

“Oh,” I heard somewhat forlornly, straightening my T-shirt which was now back on, braces snuggled underneath.

“Well, I just wanted to let you know the gate was unlocked when I came in just now.”

As if by magic, I opened the poly door and stepped out - hotter and far more sweaty than I’d gone in.

“Oh,” I said.

“Well, I just thought you’d want to know,” came the reply. “Don’t get too hot today.”

At this, the tenant strolled away, and I crept under the shade of the apple tree to watch them go, and cool off a bit.

It’s fair to say I was a bit flabbergasted at this occurrence, though after almost nine years at the allotment, little surprises me now.

A visit to the plot in the afternoon was less eventful, for which I was very grateful.

After supper, and a few episodes of As Time Goes By we watched Spider’s Web on YouTube. This one has Penelope Keith as the lead and an array of faces from the early 1980s - a faithful adaptation of one of Agatha Christie’s stage plays. The quality was really poor, though it’s a great piece and this is a really good adaptation. There’s another on YouTube which I think we’ll watch; a 1960s film with Glynis Johns, Jack Hulbert and a rather young Anton Rogers.

As I got into bed it was time for a few pages of Death in the Dordogne, which I’ve now rather got into. It’s part of David Walker’s Bruno, Chief of Police series. I was given the first ten books a couple of months ago by a friend who was on her way back to the south of France from Costa Rica via her sister’s house just down the road from us. This one’s a light read… not too taxing!


Weather: Sunny and dry. Feeling warmer than yesterday, at around 24°.

Breakfast: All Bran, yogurt, sultanas and banana
Lunch: Cheezy Beans Wraps with salad
Supper: Wholewehat Fusilli with broad beans, broccoli, pesto and grated cheese