Life doesn't get any quieter..... Richard has been sending numerous e-mails to try and organise us somewhere to stay and it is looking as if we will be putting two static caravans on our land in due course but just in case I am taking the trailer tent back with me. We're not thrilled at the prospect of having to stay in it at the moment as this was the view from our bedroom morning apparently!!
It is a depressingly familiar scene - just when I was beginning to think that I could start getting to grips with some of the work in the garden. I have loads of vegetable seedlings ready to go into the garden and will be disappointed if the second batch are wasted. At least some of them have already moved to a warmer climate as I dropped some off to Daniel and Julie on my way back down on Wednesday so hopefully they at least will survive. Sarah has had to have a crash course in looking after my propagators and the greenhouse but she tells me that the young plants are safely tucked up in bubble wrap with the heaters on so all may be well.
It was a swift turn around as I worked in Sutton on Wed & Thurs nights then went to Brighton to see my friend Jane on Friday and Daniel and Julie in Oxford on Saturday where we tackled their garden. A large pile of scrap wood left by their builders has now been reduced to a manageable stack and Daniel and I admired the contents of his compost bins while Julie painted and cooked for us all. On Sunday morning I moved on to Winchester and cleared Tim and Ruths fruit patch, from which we had aready taken the cage two weeks ago. The plan had been to transfer the bushes/canes to our garden but unless we have a very rapid thaw they may have to stay wrapped in their black bags for a while. Bethan is turning into quite a chatter box and Toby seems intent on visiting A & E as he hurtles around the house with no concept of danger!
On Monday it was back to Sutton and another four nights work, with my car going in for servicing as well. I think Dave will be surprised to find numerous fruit bushes, a chop saw and stand and a pop up gazebo in the back of my car - but may also be surprised to find I have done 20,000 miles since I bought the car a year ago - how many people bring their car nearly 600 miles to get it serviced I wonder?
In the meantime Richard has fulfilled a long standing ambition - to be able to stride around his land in a kilt. He and Sarah went to a ceilidh (pronounced kaylee) on Friday which is the Scottish equivalent of a barn dance. Apparently it was great fun and as scottish dance is on the school curriculum, the children were the experts!!
I will be driving back up on Good Friday and we are supposed to be having an easter egg hunt in the garden on Sunday - I suppose the snow will make the eggs easier to find!!!
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