The little fella has been at The House of Commons with his mum today (permission sought and given from school) on an unofficial take your child to work day. I believe he shouted “order, order” in the chamber but as it was early in the morning no one took any notice!

I returned from lunch with mum – which is always fun – to find a little chick had hatched. More to come we hope.

J and I spent a pleasant half an hour sorting out the harvested shallots – some to use for planting in October, some to string and hang in the onion barn and some to use now and possibly pickle.