MT09 batterie

Battery changed at 11590km, mid March 2020, but not taken out until 17 May. Started very well.

Cubster

The tongue on the chute got bent and no longer fitted onto the deck.
Took the opportunity to clear all around the hydro box which was pretty choked
Oil in box 45mm down vent pipe
drive belt work on inside edges.
65:56/181.1 rear back plate has also got quite badly bent and the bin was falling off. Better now, but not right.

4/6/20 replaced steering ball joint front right. Wasn't too bad.

27/8/20 took put the petrol tank to fix the hand brake which no longer locked. Turned out that the screw holds the handle on was almost lost. It has been getting worse and worse. The design isn't fantastic and the metal pull rod for the mechanism has made an oval hole in the handle. I've tyraped it up, so the tyrap should wear out first.

I also tied all the cabling out the way as this was rubbing on various parts like the steering column.

The throttle, which has always been a bit odd, and didn't like to stay at full revs was broken. The bowden cable had come out of the crimp, so that was crimped, oiled and replaced.

Paving next to the terasse

The grass area between the terasse and the slopey gets very wet and cant be walked on in the winter. As a temporary measure I plopped some spare slabs on it about 5 years ago. 2 years ago I bought another 10 and plopped them in between the others so you didnt need giant footsteps. Long story short, I finally got around to actually laying the slabs semi-properly, with a drain down the middle. Semi-properly as they are straight onto the clay.
Time will tell whether a lack of sand and cement will come back to bite.

The drain stops under the 2nd slab, after the turn on the long northern going run.

Chipper Shredder

Bolts holding the blade on
3 x M10 8,8 with 4mm hex heads. Recommended torque ~55Nm/40lbft.
10/2/20 All bolts loosened and re-torqued. Were over-tight. 

Hedges

Reduced southern hedge (excluding laurel) to cheek height. Removed ~1m
Reduced western hedge to cheek height from camellia to pergola. Removed ~1.5m
Took less than an hour to shred each hedge.
Removed leggy growth ie pollarded the willow by the gates
trimmed oak and other shrub chez Grillets touching the phone line.

Chipper

Received shredder.

Roof tiles

The roof was put on a shade over 10 years ago. They are standard clay tiles - Tuile gallo-romane rouge - MONIER, Réf: GL1B601.
2 years ago I replaced 3 with hairline fractures. This year it's 6, but I'm convinced I found a lot more in the summer.