Summer at last!

September has been a fantastic month down in Devon and quite a lot has been happening. Pauline and Jerry visited us early in the month and did the "grand tour" of the estate. We are hoping they will be near neighbours in the not-too-distant future. On 11th, we went to the River Cottage autumn fair. It was a really warm day and, altogether, a very pleasant day out. We had a chat with Pam (the jam lady), had a generally good mootch around and Diane got a book signed by Hugh. The following week CJ and Richard were here attending the "Sorley Sailing School". We went out on several days sailing both Puffin and Tiny Dancer and had a good time. For their payment, they did some hard physical labour back on the ranch. There were even a few blisters to show for it (although their hands are pretty soft)!

This week, I have actually been doing some woodwork (on the long-awaited built-in wardrobe). I also managed to get in a half-days fishing just before the end of the trout season. I went up to the R. Teign at Fingle Bridge with Paul Kenyon. There were plenty of decent fish around but I only managed to frighten them and to catch a few tiddlers.