Yes it does.
A very large poplar got chewed by beavers and fell across the road at my cottage property, so clearing it became this week’s main fitness activity.
Friends with a chainsaw came over to cut up the tree, and then we moved the pieces next to my wood pile.
Wood is heavy, and rolling these pieces into place felt a bit like doing one of those sled push exercises at the gym. Not as much weight as this woman was pushing, obviously!
But then we realized the woodpile will need to be moved so that it is out of the way of the construction crews I’m expecting over the next few weeks. So we moved it again; this time up a little hill and tucked in behind some trees.
I love camping and historical re-enactment, and often think about how much we now do as “fitness activity” for fun or to keep ourselves mobile after working at a desk job all day. Then I spend a day like this and am grateful I don’t have to rely on my strength and farming/wood clearing skills to live (but also grateful I have the strength to do the work when I need to).
This was about two hours of work, with three of us and a chainsaw. I still need to split all that wood.
