Getting high.

"Can you operate a cherry picker?" said Peter.  "No," I replied.  "Never mind, you'll get the hang of it," he said.  Well, it took us half an hour to work out how to start the thing up and a bit more to make sense of the up/down/left/right/swivel itallabout thingies.  Then, with 73 year old Syd (the roofer) and me on board up we went.  Note that Peter stayed firmly on the ground.  There were a few white knuckle moments as we manoeuvred up and over the top of some trees, but two hours later we were safely on the ground again and Syd had completed his roof repairs.