Catching up

We were going to blog yesterday, we really were.

Unfortunately, after a stroll around Chiltern Open Air Museum, 

we were overtaken by indolence ...

But here's what we saw there as we caught up on all

the happenings that had been happening since Angel was ill.

 Thatching has started at Leagrave Cottages.

We are looking forward to seeing a straw whippet running

along the top when it is completed.

We did a quick Health & Safety check and were pleased to see

that someone has thoughtfully placed  padding round the scaffolding

at whippet head height.

 

And then we looked at the giant pumpkin, and entered the competition

to guess how much it weighed.

We reckoned about two and a half wippitt-weight.

Unfortunately guesses had to be in metric so we made

the Madwoman sit down in the wet grass and remove her boots and socks

so she could do the calculations on fingers and toes, and convert that into kilos. 

As we seem to be playing catch-up, here is a pic of when Angel was poorly,

with Archie acting as Head Nurse and assistant Worrier.

(The Madwoman was the Head Worrier and Wielder of the Thermometer)

And here is Angel with the card kindly sent by Penny Dolan ...

Tomorrow it is Angel's 11th birthday, and we have been promised a special

elevenses for her elevenses.