Pongo update

Pongo's being kept in a stall with his Mum at the moment coz he's not feeding properly and is a bit weak. George is taking good care of him

Meet Pongo

Pongo was born yesterday (Monday). Isn't he sweet? :)

Tredegar

We tried the Tredegar Arms this evening. It's the fourth (and most distant) pub on the road from farm to motorway. Food was nice (typical pub menu) and well cooked, but reasonably priced. Might go back later this week.

More sheep?

Here's a picture I took last week but forgot to post. The sheep are fractionally closer than in previous pictures

Monday a.m.

I was up at 4:45 and left home at 5:25. I'm getting-up 15 mins later each
week, but still arriving at a decent time, i.e. near 9am. I expect it'll be
busier this week (end of half-term), so I won't be able to get up any
later.

I had coffee and croissant at Leigh Delamere (arrived 7:30) before
finishing the journey. I think this is the first monday morning I've
been at LD with no snow - last week there were little piles in places, I
think.

I arrived at ONS at 8:55. Tidy!

Good to see Slumdog Millionaire got 8 Oscars. The first British-funded
film to get Best Picture since 1948! 61 years!! I hope you all have a
good cinema trip today.

I've been trying to send some or all of this message since 7:45 this
morning. Some kind of problem somewhere :(

Cold showers

It was nice to talk to you all this evening.

I had a cold shower this morning (and I mean *seriously* cold). It may have been partly my fault coz I had a long shower last night and the water temperature was dropping when I got out. I don't think the water heater is switched until next morning, by which time it's too late to heat it quickly enough for morning showers.

George has managed to drill a hole in the outside wall at last, so he can connect the heat exchanger and generate more hot water. He hasn't yet connected it up, but the hole puts us one step closer.

We're off to Cardiff tonight. Tony, the SAS project Mgr leaves SAS next week and this is his last visit to newport.

Lambs

The lambs were let out to play before breakfast this morning, so I took a few distant pictures, plus random pictures of farmhouse