Son and Jeremy dragged it to the near bank

It will dry out for a few days before running repairs begin. It has done well for the last six year but some of the wood underneath the house has rotted in the water.

We have had two sightings of similar birds along Mill Road last year. This is either a Little Egret or, rarer still but distinguished by a yellow beak and NOT a black bill, a Cattle Egret. Since the 1990’s both species of these small herons, first the little egrets and more recently the cattle egrets, have been seen in the UK having migrated from the warmer Mediterranean countries. Beautiful creatures – see below for three videos

The Silkie chicks are growing and Nigel eyes them up – as friends or a snack?

This morning I fancied pasta for supper. I have plenty of containers of homemade tomato sauce in the freezer, however there are two pots of basil on the kitchen windowsill. I found a simple BBC recipe for pesto

First the greenhouse, then the courtyard

Monday and Thursday are halloumi making days. Boil the milk and then add apple cider vinegar.

This morning I used a quarter of a cup of my homemade apple vinegar and a quarter cup of commercial vinegar. I do hope it works. Leave the milk for an hour to separate before draining through cheesecloth.

And then I spied a strange rainbow as I approached Colmworth

Around the country park, where we stopped to chat to friends walking their dog (was that even legal to talk?).

We didn’t brave the muddy fields but stuck to the park and Honeydon Road and ended our walk outside the church. Inside the church a meeting was taking place to plan the “zoom” nativity play. What strange times.