I would suggest waiting for a dry day, hopefully before 2018, and then try cutting a small area of the lawn. If the flymo cut nicely and is not pulling up grass then keep moving on.

Thank you Bulbaholic, you are right of course. Being facing north it will probable take a few days to dry before cutting. It is just so annoying boring with time on your hands when one could be out and keeping busy.

I would go out with the hand shears and clip it all over, rake up the pieces for the compost bin, and feel better for a blow of fresh air.

Anything is worth a trying Dianebulley. You know the old saying, I will try it tomorrow....Lol

Would you like to come and do ours with your shears Diane - we have a quarter of an acre of the stuff getting longer every day...lol...

I too am looking out at straggly long grass but just walking to the feeders tells me to not be tempted, its like a soggy sponge, I am keeping my eagle eye on the plants in the greenhouses as they are in danger from the mould with all the damp, even opening doors and windows for a while isn't helping this year.....

Our two greenhouses both have mesh doors to allow ventilation and one also has a mesh back wall. To me, ventilation is more important than storing heat.

If you've got a Flymo, or a decent hover mower, wait for a dry day, preferably when the wind isn't in the north, and do it, just don't cut it too low, keep 2 or 3 spacers on the spindle. And do it in stages, because it'll be wet and might burn the motor out if you go at it hammer and tongs, so its cut a bit, stop, cut a bit, stop, with a pause between. You can probably tell this is the voice of experience, lol, when I first started gardening, I burnt out the motor trying to cut long, wet grass, so that's how I learned the lesson as to how to do it. If you have a cylinder mower, you'll have to wait till spring...

...when we can sell it for silage...

Its not funny Stera. I would use the end 3" of the shears,
without bending down, just lean over, chop it off. If it does dry a bit then the section underneath would dry more quickly to enable you to use the Flymo without damaging the engine.
Will probably do mine this way but its just a small lawn.

Thank ye all for your time and interest ye have giving to my question. We had a lovely day here in Dublin a little cold.
I took the bull by the horns and cut the grass with the Flymo with just 2 spacers on the blade. It turned out ok. Some parts were very soft so I did my best to stretch with the Flymo over the soft areas with great care.
Thanks again
Johnjoe.

You've done better than me, I was supposed to go to my son's and cut his grass while he's at work, but it was pouring here till around 1ish and I got sidetracked, so its not been done at all!

Sent you a PM Diane.