Saturday, 17 February 2007

Today I took the first tentative steps toward getting our garden sorted out for the summer. I cleared away the blown-down fence and cut back some firs that were in danger of getting out of control.

There is nothing so relaxing as a hot bath (especially after a day in the garden) and I do not enjoy cold showers. So being without hot water was very unpleasant. But the absence of central heating was only a minor inconvenience. In the evening, we felt very virtuous wrapped up against the cold and making only a tiny(-ish) carbon footprint.