A battle lost, the war won.

Today we started in a fairly half-arsed, 'I suppose we should do something' kind of way, and then actually got a lot done. We cleared the top stretch of fencing and cut down a fair sized tree. I got in a fight with a rose tree and lost. And we found some very bizarre things hiding in the junk behind the fencing. I'm shattered.
First, the battle I lost was with this:

some came down and got tangled in my face. there was blood and drama, and I now look like I got in a fight with a small kitten. Hey ho.

But the good thing is, we went from this:

To this:

And then we cut down this, to retain the soil:

On the way we found these bizarre things:

And this is the pile of junk made elsewhere by the stuff coming out of the boundary...*sigh*









I'm looking forward to finishing off and tidying up, I have to say.
Of course, there's plenty to be getting on with after that...