Wendy's reading the Blog!

So, there you go. I thought an update might be a good idea.

I have left the toilers to it up there and headed home to Augathella for a few days with Bash and Dotty the wonderdog who, by the way, killed another pig yesterday. I have been crunching numbers to make sure we don't go broke before finishing the castles and it is scary.

Loving the cool nights out here. And not having to wait for traffic before reversing out of the driveway. Miss being able to buy takeaways instead of catching, killing and cooking any food.

We haven't talked much about the team who is building this castle yet. So I thought I'd introduce 'em one by one. On account of Al being the new boss we'll start there. Here he is, the handsome brute. The extra set of arms come in pretty handy at times. Genetic mutations aside, he is always on time, never grumbles and invites us all back to his home for drinks every afternoon after work. I think I mentioned previously that he lives at a nice place with ready refreshments. This comment could be translated more accurately to read: he lives at a pub. And we love him for it. He is also the undisputed boss of tools purchasing. Even Graeme defers to his greater knowledge although he did rebel in a small way by buying a new drill without advice. We all know how that turned out, hey Grayman. Al also provides site security by way of Dee, who can climb two storeys on a ladder. A pretty mean feat for a dog. She has became the object of affection of a black dog two doors up which I think she finds faintly irritating.

I haven't yet got a photo of Captain Ron or Ben so will have to be a bit sneaky as they'll be onto my plan if anyone reads and tells Al his pic is on the internet. Lucky for me, I have zoom lens and they don't know when I'll be back there. Which by the way will be in the next few days. I have lots of painting and cleaning up to do which oddly enough, am looking forward to.

We've scored some rain and there's plenty of grass on the lighter country now. The cows and their near weaner sized calves look fantastic and Bash has finally got the weeds under control after a mammoth battle and many flat tyres. Now, there's the planting equipment to get serviced up and ready to go. We see several broken seed hoses and two flat tyres to start us off. Bash is back to look at the weather, so I'll send this one out.