It’s that time of year. Trees look at their leaves and say: “Nah, don’t want them!” And chuck them on the floor.

Leaving a mess to clean up. And it is relentless. Rake ‘em up. Next day, more leaves.

So, I bought one of those leaf blowers. One that vacuums up as well. It sounded like the proper job.

Got home, set the thing running. I was vaguely aware of a lot of crunching noises.

The leaves? Gone.

My neighbours fence panel? Also gone.

Weird.

I emptied the blower. It contained: leaves, twigs and yes, a fence panel.

Definitely effective.