Potatoes in

I spent the morning in town but found time for a walk in the afternoon. The fields look strange before the potatoes break through. In the afternoon I continued work on the clock I had hoped was working fine but it has one or two problems that will be difficult or impossible to correct.  It has been repaired so many times in its 240 years and several of the old repairs have introduced the faults. It ticks away but the striking is occasionally inconsistent.  To relieve the frustration, I went out and planted the rockery plants which will, no doubt feature in a future blip.