Originally Posted by rustylady

Hi Lainey, I think you've probably missed the A***a and T***o end of season sales, but they are really good if you can catch them. I got myself a stainless steel spade and fork set year before last and they've been absolutely superb. S*ds law, my secateurs broke last week and all the special offers are gone so I had to buy at full price. Still, my last ones must have given me 10 years good service and I hope I get similar from the new ones - if you work out the cost over the number of years service it doesn't seem so bad. I would agree, however, with the comment that it really isn't worth leaving good expensive tools in allotment sheds unless the security is 100%. I still carry my stainless ones back and forth (I'm lucky I only live 5 minutes walk from the lottie).