Today it was time for a change; no longer was I cutting down trees by the brook, now hacking my way through brambles in a hedgerow. The electric fence (turned off!) is continually damaged by plants growing over it, so today we were carving a gap between it and the hedgerow, which sadly involved cutting through an impenetrable thicket of brambles, which cut my arms to shreds; my gloves proved to be insufficient, as did my shoes, as, on the way there we had to walk through mud that possessed a similar level of adhesiveness to PVA glue. Safe to say, it is walking boots from now on! Fortunately, the brambles were not to stay, as I was relocated to somewhere less sharp. I have doubts as to whether this will better any of the other activities so far...