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Read our privacy notice . Things we know thus far this year: 1) Football is not coming home. In fact, it snubbed “home” completely and the best we can hope for now is a postcard from Marbella where it’s gone sunning itself with its real mates.
2) Leading on from that, something else that seems evident so far is that summer is not bothering to visit either, given that in July, I still have to don a jumper in the evening to keep the distinct chill at bay. But, things can only get better, looking at the immediate weather forecast and the Paris 2024 Olympics kicking off, both sunshine and glory lie ahead for the UK! If not at the same time. So, where to enjoy the former when it periodically appears? Why, in the garden, of course! On a lounger , beneath the blazing sun, cold drink in hand, cool music playing, impossibly good-looking pals gathered round – just like in those adverts you see on the telly.
But wait, what’s this? Your lawn has sprawled uncontrollably into a ‘lost world’ during all the intermittent sunshine and showers? And, worst still, you’re lazy to an almost heroic degree? Then worry ye not, because not every lawnmower need involve maximum effort, futile mowing machine wrestli.