We had a power cut today so I spent the time chopping wood for the stoves.
What’s the cliché? He who chops the wood warms himself twice? Or something along those lines.
The brook has returned to its normal level now after the floods, running clean and bright. No rain forecast for a few days now which might give the land time to dry out a bit. A neighbour who has lived here for twenty years said he’s never seen it so bad.