Tuesday 26 March 1839

Cosin [sic] came gently tonight

Very fine white frost morning sun out and Fahrenheit 41 inside and 33 1/2 outside at 8 a.m. had Ann 10 minutes till 7 1/4 - afterwards a minute or 2 with her ready at 8 - read a page or 2 of Antiquities of Greece and Rome

Breakfast at 8 1/4 in 25 minutes William Keighley having waited 10 minutes - he is to prune the Crows nest poplars next Monday - will take 2 men a day - for boughing and fettling they have a shilling in the pound on the price the wood sold at - out with William Keighley at 9 - took John Booth with us and my new cross cut saw (bought on Friday Robert Mann brought it at 7 a.m. that day) and we cut off the 2 fine oaks 8 feet and 6 feet blown down by the great wind 7 January - then felled 7 fine young ashes for pick shafts - and felling and boughing till 12 having had Sam Booth and Jack Green from 10 - then all went home to dinner, and I came home but stopped by the way by Jonathan Mallinson and afterwards by Robert Mann that it was 12 1/2 or after before I got home to Ann then with her till 1

Went to shew Robert and his 2 men William Lord and Ben who all came this afternoon to set the 2 large oak roots and 2 smaller (with 4 feet high each trunk left) along the Lodge road as guard posts

Ann put on her habit and went out with me at 1 55/60 to Conyate wood and staid with me 1 20/60 hour then walked with her to Lane ends (along the new road) and she mounted her pony and to Landymere (without going to Cliff hill) to see how bur walling and drain driving went on

I got back to the wood (Conyate wood) before 4 and staid till George came (third time) with the cart and took the 2 smaller oak roots and off home with them about 5 1/4 - then took all hands and got these 2 roots set and 2 loads of stuff brought to make them up with and the men went home about 6 1/2 - Robert Mann staid till near 7 at which hour I came in

Dressed - dinner at 7 1/4 - Ann read French - I 1/2 asleep on the sofa - Coffee - wrote for Ann observations notes on the oak view bills for her to send in the parcel to her sister she is low but promises to exert herself

Came upstairs at 10 55/60 - at which hour Fahrenheit 46 1/2 inside and 44 outside - very fine day - had just written all the above of today at 11 20/60.

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/23/0008 & SH:7/ML/E/23/0009

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