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Party!
Thank you to everyone who came and warmed the house with us yesterday! It's rather a shame that it poured with rain for almost all of the day, but there you go.... By about noon, we were able to say with complete honesty that we'd had more rain yesterday than the combined amount since we moved in.
On the other hand, the rain did clear for long enough for people to go out and meet the horses, and for Mike to light the BBQ. And there wasn't water actually *flowing* down the middle of the road, just some big puddles. So it can't have been that bad. It did make us realise that we're going to have a serious mud issue come the winter, though: the bottom of the valley has a think skim of clay over the top of the chalk, and my boots kept getting caked in it when I went out to the stables. Then I'd come back to the house and wipe them on the doormat, which completely failed to get them clean but did ensure that all the other people who later came in would coat their initially quite clean shoes in mud as they politely wiped them on the mat....
Amazingly, other than the small collection of things (including mobile phone) left behind by Alison and co, we don't seem to have acquired any inadvertent new possessions, but do shout if you think that you left anything behind. Thank you to everyone who intentionally left new possessions for us, and who came such a long way in such horrible weather (or, indeed, who tried to and then had to turn back).
(Today, the sun has come back out and it's lovely again!)
On the other hand, the rain did clear for long enough for people to go out and meet the horses, and for Mike to light the BBQ. And there wasn't water actually *flowing* down the middle of the road, just some big puddles. So it can't have been that bad. It did make us realise that we're going to have a serious mud issue come the winter, though: the bottom of the valley has a think skim of clay over the top of the chalk, and my boots kept getting caked in it when I went out to the stables. Then I'd come back to the house and wipe them on the doormat, which completely failed to get them clean but did ensure that all the other people who later came in would coat their initially quite clean shoes in mud as they politely wiped them on the mat....
Amazingly, other than the small collection of things (including mobile phone) left behind by Alison and co, we don't seem to have acquired any inadvertent new possessions, but do shout if you think that you left anything behind. Thank you to everyone who intentionally left new possessions for us, and who came such a long way in such horrible weather (or, indeed, who tried to and then had to turn back).
(Today, the sun has come back out and it's lovely again!)
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We accidentally went through a place called Seal, which entertained us, especially with the weather being what it was. The "Seal Kebab And Pizza" sign was more entertaining, if not enticing.
Whereas that icon...