Keep off the Grass

It will soon be Speech Day. It is one of the rare days when I walk on the grass, making the journey from the Master's Lodge to the Sports Hall where the speeches now take place. It still gives quite a frisson as walking on the grass is Not Done.

We always think of Quad as having manicured lawns. There is some work going on at the moment to sort out the edges of the Blades which are in a bit of a bad way.

As the picture shows there was a time when the grass was not kept as short as it is now.

Before the days of modern lawn mowers short cropped grass required a great deal of labour. Or sheep.