No time for Gite

Posted by Simon

What with going away and the poor weather we had before I went the grass was very long on my return. So I decided to have a good hit on the garden - grass cutting, hedge trimming and various other jobs. This meant that work on the gite stopped. We also found the neighbours cattle were escaping and going into the other half of our new field so I have fenced it then strimmed and raked the long grass. It's not that we minded the cattle coming in but they eat the grass and flatten it, which makes it difficult to strim/cut. Anyway it was a job that I can cross off my list - albeit earlier than planned.

Going to check the sheep had been a pleasure as the half of the field was a lovely wildflower meadow and was abundant with butterflies. It was due to be cut back soon anyway as the wildflowers had nearly all got over and the butterflies which had populated it had gone elsewhere.

Rosie has been very busy in the vegetable garden we now getting an array of lovely fresh veg and fruit. Hilda, the duck, has been sitting for nearly 40 days now and it look like the eggs are dead. The chances are very low for ducklings.

We have had friends staying for the last few days so we have been spending some time with them and showing them around the place. Including trips to the market, some walks, swimming and a trip to Festy Land (link to earlier post).

And some really good news - Ben had his plaster off last Thursday. Three weeks earlier then expected. He hardly complained about his arm but was starting to get fed up with it. Now he's making up for lost time. Going swimming, having water fights or playing in the bath were top of his 'I want to do' list.