Saturday, 1 August 2026 I forgot to record yesterday that our ‘room’ for last night was a cool room – on the outside at least. A cube built from insulated refrigeration panels. And, just like a...

Friday, 31 July 2026 Aaargh! This morning we woke to a net bank notification, and an email, advising that one of our credit cards has been compromised. Bernie had to spend an age on the phone sorting that...

Thursday, 30 July 2026 It was a good thing that we were up (reasonably) early this morning with them starting on digging a big hole outside our bathroom window before 8.00am! I heard the thumping sound...

Wednesday, 29 July 2026 Brrr, this morning it was only 4.5°C (felt like 0.6°C!) when we were having breakfast. Fortunately the sun was shining, so it didn’t seem quite that bad as we packed the truck....