Gurney Leafmould: The Pied Piper of Calamity

With great DIY aspirations, there is nothing Gurney Leafmould won’t tackle – but intent and results are poles apart. For ‘Do it Yourself’ means upheaval when Gurney is holding the tools His calamitous DIY CV could be a script for a disaster movie. This is a lively and humorous tale of DIY disasters created by Gurney, a hapless DIYer; Many wives and partners will recognise some of Gurney’s ‘attributes’ in their own DIY champions. Willing but incapable, he is a first class prat to his Mother-in-Law but to his long suffering wife, Gurney Leafmould is ‘The Pied Piper of Calamity’.