Other news from the week.

We also managed to get some work done here at Quelebu during the holiday. The garden was dug over and we planted potatoes, courgettes, celery, aubergines, beetroot, lettuces, onions and leeks...more to follow this week.

We "excavated" what will be a new doorway from the ruin into the entrance porch (the existing ground level is still at first floor level on one side) and Jasper and I built the oak door frame and lintols...I'll probably put this in tomorrow.

A pair of bullfinches have decided to nest in the holly bush in the front garden.