So, almost with 'first light' I set to with shears and all the garden tools so necessary for a good garden tidy up, and six hours later had a very respectable heap of stuff for composting.
Paths and steps are now clear and hopefully I can get some good photographs, maybe even butterflies on the Buddleia.
An added bonus today as I sat with a refreshing drink in the early afternoon sun, a Bullfinch visited the bird feeders and stayed quite a while, to be followed shortly afterwards by a Wood mouse.
Almost as perfect as it gets!!!