Last Thursday, our furniture arrived. It's taken me until now to be calm enough to write about it. I took the dogs into kennels first thing (they loved it), only to get a phone all just as I arrived, saying there were 3 vans with only drivers and no-one from the removal firm. The drivers … Continue reading C’est une catastrophe!

Hardy an expedition to the end of the washing line and back, but foraged nonetheless from our garden. They won't be going straight on the fire to roast, they're being slit and popped in the microwave. Last time we roasted chestnuts in the fire, I forgot to put a slit in them and they exploded!

Completely knackered after a 1000 mile drive, and all I wanted to do when we got here was have a decent shower. So, I went through the rigmarole of switching the hot water on, flicking the switch to "jour" and then discovered that the plumber had taken out the hot water cylinder which he said … Continue reading No hot water!