Blogs from Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 43

This afternoon Alex and I took an hour off gardening to go for a walk beside the river. The autumn colours are wonderful. This week, its all blue skies and sun, but with frost several nights. On Monday morning I had to scrape the car before I could see to drive to work. ... read more

After they'd been shut in a few days, I let them out an hour before dusk. They weren't a bit nervous, and bustled about, scratching the ground and looking dead busy. One is named "Explorer" as she finds her way all over the place .......and luckily home again too. Another is Droopy, as she has a droopy wing. Since the first evening they've been out all the time, and they range pretty freely. Though I think there'll be a fence once they find my veg patch! Luckily we don't have insulation handy for them to get at Uncle George. ... read more

In the end it was a race against time. After lots of phone calls to locate some battery hens we could rescue, Joan yesterday found a farm who were emptying their cages this morning. So we sprang into action. Roger and Alex levelled the plot and got the slabs down, Joan and the boys went off to fetch the hens in cat baskets (doubtless more room than they've ever known before), and Alex and I went to Llanfair for chicken food. Of course the poor things are a bit nervous, but they'll soon settle in. And they've been made really welcome by Sasha and Theo - who unfortunately will be off back to Belgium on Tuesday. ... read more

While I was working in the garage this morning, who should turn up but a friend from Shrewsbury. She wanted to take me out for lunch. So she went to our house, where Alex made her comfy in the hammock for a while till I finished work, and off we went. It was a glorious day for it, and we had a lovely lunch in the sun, overlooking the lake. ... read more

Mum and Dad gave us their old outside table for the field. It needed the old paint scraping off, and a coat of creosote. Smells lovely now. ... read more