Commando crawling

It's official - Jennifer is on the move.

Happy Birthday Auntie Hannah

We have had a lovely week with the northern Burgess crew. Today we celebrated Auntie Hannah's birthday with a day out at Penshurst Place.














Adventure playground for the small people and beautiful gardens for the not so small, and weather to please everyone.

"You can keep the costa brava and all that palava, I'd rather have a day down Dymchurch with all my family..."

Today we went on a big adventure. After a hearty meal of fish and chips we went for a steam train ride on the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch light railway. What a treat!


We alighted at Dymchurch and headed straight for the tacky amusements which is an essential part of any child's upbringing.



Buckets and spades were bought and off we went to the seafront. We paddled in the sea, played sandcastles, collected stones and shells, and had a throughly wonderful time.

Jennifer finally gave in to sleep after the excitement of the train ride.

The Edwards family

We had a lovely day at auntie june's with most of the Edwards family. Absent Edwardses were not forgotten - wish you could have been with us Jill and co and Nikky, but here is a funny snippet from Saturday.

Rain stops play, again. And again and again and again...

The combine is having a rest as am I. The farm I'm working on at the moment accuse me of being like the Flump with the rain cloud over its head as it always seems to rain on the days I work there.

However there has been the odd glimpse of the sun leaving us with just over 300 acres left to harvest sometime before Christmas, we hope.

Progress at Sunnyside

The window restorers started today, a week ahead of schedule. Did you know that there are more carbon emissions involved in the production of pvc windows than in heat loss through well draught sealed victorian sash windows? Good pvc windows last around 20 years and take thousands of years to degrade in landfill. These soft wood windows are over a hundred years old and will probably last at least another hundred years if well maintained. However, we are restoring ours simply because we like the look of them!

Harvesting

One day Mab might get around to blogging some of his pictures from this year's harvest, but in the meantime here is my best effort. On Friday Jennifer and I were engulfed in a huge cloud of dust as these two combine harvesters appeared in the field in front of our house.

Happy Birthday Uncle Gilbert

Sorry it's late but for your birthday we thought you might like a picture of a beautiful young lady with a bare bottom. I hope it was worth the wait.