who or what makes you work 80 hours a week and what do you do with your days off im only asking cos im a retail manager working a 50-55 hour week and still get 12-14 hours on the plot i would never allow anyone to work on my plot other than myself or the wife if i did what would be the point of having an allotment? sorry if this seems a bit obtuse but it is a fair point
Hi
Might be worth you re reading the thread? I got the plot whilst working for the old job, now this new job has come along, I am having to put some hours in, and it is as I have said already tempoary, but you see work is hard to come by, so I am grabbing it with both hands, else I won't be able to afford to buy seeds and the landrover to bring the manure in etc.
No seriously, thanks to eveyones replies, I am quite happy with the close friend helping me out now, I have found out there are constant complaints from one tenant, so am not so worried about it. I waited 3 years for a plot, and know when my hours go down later in the year, I don't want to wait another 3 years for a plot, but at the same time, I didn't want to see it get all messy. Then again, the consensus on the site is to cover the plot in plastic if you don't want to use it short term, to me it is better for someone to be using it, but then that is only my thoughts, and they tend not to be listened to most of the time in real life.
The thing that annoys me is the waiting list is so long and then some people have 4 or 5 plots, this is out of order in my eyes, but there you go, they say they have granfather rights to them, as they took them on when no one wanted them in the past. Sorry but times change, and they are very much wanted now!
I must add the friend helping me, is not on the allotment waiting list.
Cheers
Dave