Oops! Once again, no news is good news – we’re away (again) this weekend so not able to put anything meaningful together. A brief summary of this week’s activities will have to suffice. Sorry.
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1 March 2026
It’s been a surprisingly half-decent week. I know! What are the chances of that? We had less rain this week (although there’s still plenty more than we need at the moment) and even a few spells of modest sunshine. I am assured by people who know about these sorts of things that Spring will eventually arrive.
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Another wet week – who could have imagined that there was this much water in the skies? We did have some sunshine on Tuesday but it didn’t last long, just long enough for folks to wander outside and scratch their heads in bewilderment at this strange atmospheric phenomenon. One of our lovely neighbours said the rain was supposed to continue for another month. You cannot be serious.
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We saw the sun this week. To be fair, we actually saw it twice this week, once on Thursday morning for about 20 minutes. The clouds were a glorious reddish-pinkish shade with a little glimmer of blue sky as the sunshine came down in shafts of light. Didn’t last, of course. More rain and mud until Saturday which, for some reason, dawned bright, sunny and cloud-free. Don’t worry, the forecast for today is back to “normal.”
8 February 2026
Good morning. This week we have mainly been enjoying rain, rain, rain, rain, mud, mud, mud, mud, rain, rain, rain and more rain. Our little brooks are overflowing, the countryside is sodden, and the dog is filthy. Lovely!
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Happy Almost Groundhog Day. I hope your shadow does whatever you would want it to.
Continue reading “1 February 2026”25 January 2026
It’s been another busy, busy week – I still seem to be doing just about everything around here! It’s also been a pretty wet and miserable week – great! Soaking trousers and a soaking, smelly, muddy dog.
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It’s been a week. A busy, busy week to be sure. So busy that I feel like the proverbial one-armed wallpaper hanger my brother Steph is continually comparing himself to. It’s been a week of chemotherapy treatments for Nick, a “minor” surgical procedure for Lady Penelope which has meant that I have been providing most of the taxi services to get Annabelle to school in Warwick each day. Phew, I am going to have to take a nap.
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Oh my goodness, it’s been a bit “fresh” this week – freezing temperatures and even some snow! It’s made it a bit slippery on walks even though the frozen fields mean less or, in some cases, no mud on dog walks. Going up Plumpton Lane is a bit of an adventure but coming down even more so – an ice rink on a slope. Lovely.
Continue reading “11 January 2026”4 January 2026
Happy New Year to all you lovely people! Our New Year celebrations were similar to those we’ve enjoyed over recent years – in bed by the time New Year arrived in Mauritius or the Maldives. Which would be nicer to visit on NYE do you think?
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