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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!

1 February 2026

Happy Almost Groundhog Day. I hope your shadow does whatever you would want it to.

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.

18 January 2026

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.

11 January 2026

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.

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?

28 December 2025

It’s been a distinctly marvellous week – I hope your festivities, celebrations and gatherings were as joyful and satisfying as ours. Someone had a great birthday on Monday and then, on Thursday, we had to do it all over again!

21 December 2025

It’s nearly time! I can hardly wait! Only a couple of days to go but there’s probably just about enough time to get a card into the post or order that perfect gift. Don’t delay though – whatever you’re sending needs to be here by first post tomorrow. In time for my birthday, of course – what did you think I was talking about?

14 December 2025

As the Grinch in this household, I do have to concede that Ms Playchute has done a great job at Chistmasfying the household. We have a tree purchased from the local garden centre at an extortionate price – do we have tariffs on imports from Lapland? We also have a couple of strings of lovely red lights on the hedge outside and around the front door and some twinkly white lights strewn across the beam in the lounge festooned with bits of ivy. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Which reminds me – I must get some more wine in!

7 December 2025

A bit of rain, a bit of sun, a bit of cold, a bit of mild, a bit of cloud, a bit of fog, a bit of clear skies and a bit more rain. Why not? It’s been a muddled, muddy and, to some extent, disappointing week, weather-wise.