Keeping Out the Mice!

Someone had the bright idea today of using some of the waste slates from the roof to mouse-proof the fruit cage - it was hard work bashing them all in, but he got there in the end:

Now we'll just have to wait and see if the strawberry nibblage rate goes down . . .

Eclipse!

The office emptied briefly today at around 9.30am for the much vaunted solar eclipse.

Tried to get a good look via a sun 'selfie', taken over my shoulder - but as you can see it didn't really come out that well (you'd never know there was an eclipse going on!).









As it turned out our best view was via  projection through a pair of binoculars, which showed up the crescent beautifully.


At least we saw something - it was too cloudy to see much last time we had a 'deep' partial eclipse in 1999, and there's quite a wait for the next one in 2026!

Decor Done

Finally finished the downstairs guest bedroom - floor done - wall round the window sealed, and plastered over.  Time to varnish the new skirting boards, and paint the walls and radiator.

All done now - looking good - just hope the window area is fixed and the water stays out!

Out East

Few days off, so headed over to see family in Cambridgeshire.


Nostalgic walks round the old home town . . .  mad moments, with the 'grand-dog' . . . and the sun actually shone (at least some of the time!).





On further into East Anglia, to catch up with more distant family members - great to see everyone.

Finally, fitted in a visit to Bury St Edmunds - had a wander round the town and Abbey gardens - before returning home to Wales.