Month May 2016

Broken Brakes

We had a nasty surprise as the brakes on the car broke on Wednesday – but amazingly, they did this in the back yard where no damage could be done. Happily a new mechanic has started working in the village…

Summer’s arrived (almost)

Last Saturday I was sat wearing a fleece and moaning about the cold, and yesterday I was sat wearing a t-shirt and moaning about the heat, what a difference a week makes! We went asparagus picking on Friday and had…

Rain Rain Go Away

After what must be over a year of relatively dry weather, this past week has been full of rain clouds. So much so, I assumed that we had someone coming to visit which had triggered the bad weather, as this…

Farewell Anubis

It seems like such a long time since we’ve lost one of the household, but sadly Anubis’ illness became too much today and she was put to sleep. She’d been through a cycle of deteriorating and then recovering with intensive…