The Oldie

DAVID WHEELER

GARDENER’S INJURY TIME

Outside work has been a tad underpowered for the past few months, not least because of my partner’s hernia operation in early April.

Not one to do things by half, Simon turned out to have two hernias – one on the left side, one on the right (yes, we called them Keir and Boris, and they caused agony

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