Work!

After a hectic week we are both wondering how we ever had time to work full time. Harvest has started but very frustrating as the humidity means that the rape, which needs harvesting before the wheat, is too damp. There has been so little rain that the fields which have been harvested are so dry that it is impossible to get the plough into the ground. Various attempts have been made but none very successful.

Geoff is continuing to prepare his workshop. He has got all the floor joists in place now and we have started to lay the flooring. We are still preparing the hen house and the new chickens are due round about the middle of the month.

We took the collies to be assessed by a sheepdog trainer earlier in the week. He was impressed with them both and thinks they will both become good dogs. Millie is going to be trained first as she tends to be a bit more willful than Lassie. She will be going in about a fortnight and probably be gone between 6 and 8 weeks. Once she returns then Lass will go. They have been little devils this week. They have managed to find a way out of the garden. Each time we block up a gap they seem to find an alternative route.

We are still waiting for the planning to come through. Why do these councils have to take so long. We need to get on as Mum and Dad need 24 hour care. Hopefully we will hear very soon.