Rainrainrainrainrain. The shower curtain which we had ordered online (we were unable to locate one in any of the local shops) arrived and was installed. We had to light the boiler stove for the second day running, as the solar panel needs that elusive energy source, the sun, in order to heat our thermal store.
I haven’t mentioned the vegetable garden recently. With the unseasonally wet weather we’ve been having, we’ve had a lot of failures. Some of the tomatoes are going red (especially those in the polytunnel), and the beetroot and courgettes are producing happily. Potatoes have done all right. But aubergines, salsify, leeks and melons just refused to grow, watermelons and sweetcorn have produced nothing but leaves, and radishes and lettuces were very poor indeed.
I think we’ll try growing rice.