Walking the plank

Day three of operation extension.  We now have a moat surrounding Sunnyside.  The only way to the front door is to walk the plank.  A terrible fate awaits those who fail to make this perilous journey, to be forever preserved in the foundations of our house.  Let's hope we don't get any visiting hedgehogs tonight...

Preparing for the diggers

This weekend we have cleared all the paving slabs from the back of the house in readiness for the diggers which may be arriving tomorrow.  Our house now looks even more derelict than when we first bought it four and a half years ago.

Knole

Here we are on our second trip to Knole this autumn in an attempt to view the annual rutting festival, but still no antlers at dawn.  So we collected sweet chestnuts and shelled beech nuts for the squirrels instead.