So no sea views today. Just for a change, we can talk about garden muck.
I've an old water butt in my garden. That old that the spout has broken off, and someone - long ago - decided to start filling it with excess material that wouldn't fit in the composter. You know - leaves, grass cuttings, shredded paper, food waste etc.
So it has sat there, festering away and being niggly for a very long time, and I was wondering how best to empty this revolting mixture of ingredients into the composter, without ending up wearing most of them.
I think the answer was slowly. Very slowly.
It literally smells like Hydrogen Sulfide. Rotting and stagnant water. I am sure there are things growing in there that wouldn't be out of place in a horror film and I dread to think what I'll find by the time I reach the bottom.
So yes. I've been forking out the solid matter and trying to syphon of the liquid, and it's taking forever. But I'm getting there.
I'd like to offer thanks to all those who've offered to help me in this task but they were nowhere to be seen at the vital moments !! 
So where would we be without photos. Picture one shows the water butt and picture two - the composter.
Lucky for you guys I can't photograph the aroma.
All empathy and statements of pity gratefully received !!
