17th June 2011

Last night we had Mark Newton to stay with us, he camped in the meadow.  He is following the coast on a mobility scooter. It the first time it's ever been done. He is raising money for Help the Heros.  A film crew turned up at 7am to wake him up. Bacon sandwiches all round and then. Mark went off to Cowbridge, to meet the mayor.  He finishes in Llanelli on the 27th June. Good luck and Well done Mark!

We sourced local rolled barley from a local farmer called John Thomas.  He delivered a ton, which we feed to the pigs and the piglets. It needs to be soaked in water before feeding . Andrew Stoodley also delivered a large organic  bale of hay.  The cows we very excited, and happily tucked in immediately. The chickens were lording it too.

It's Vicci birthday today and Izzy our middle daughter is finishing her last GCSE.  So we decided to celebrate with a lunch in Cardiff.  Just as we going to leave we got our first visit from Environmental Health..  Lovely chap but we had to scrap all our plans. Vicci then spent the next couple of hours going through everything.  No major problems but not the best of birthday present. At first I think she thought it was a practical joke.

My mum came to the house this week , to collect her minature Labradoddle, she is called Charlie and came from a lovely home in Oxford.   They were coming to Cardiff to watch Take That.  She is a fantastic little dog and it has settled in really well.

 Charlie and Tiger Lily in the garden.