painting by numbers

Bank Holiday weekends: 1

Litres of dark oak fence paint: 24

People: 2 (plus Grandad re-laying a paved pathway)

Fence panels painted: 22

Sheds painted: 1

Gates painted: 1.5

Newly built raised bed for vegetables painted: 1 

Paint brushes used: 5

Times Millie had to be hosed down to prevent her being permanently stained dark oak: 1

Muscles that are now aching: all of them

Panels requiring a re-coat despite the "one coat" promise on the tin: 12 (and the shed and the gate)

Years until re-painting needed (according to tin): 2

Actual years until re-painting done: indefinite