Stinking Roger and the Bush Basher.

It was sooooooo quiet last night. I almost missed Rambo and his nocturnal rattlings!I thought it was very early when Will got up but it was 8.50.It was very cloudy and I was worried about conserving power so that the lights did not go out in the evening but it brightened up later and the solar panels charged the battery.Will got the old 'Bush Basher' lawnmower going......he cleaned out the carburettor.....and brought it back to life after three years dead. He set about dealing with the waist high grass and I went into the garden to deal with 'Stinking Roger', a prolific weed.Dulcie watched 'Hidalgo' about a desert horse race........she didn't seem to enjoy it much......every time I went to check on her she would say "They are not racing yet!"Eventually the 'Bush Basher' bit the dust and I had laid Stinking Roger low.We found Piotr the Pole and fitted him to hold up the bulging ceiling then we had to have cold showers because we have not lit the stove this weekend. I am not a fan and the whole process for me was very noisy.Friends, Penny and Roger (not Stinking) came over late afternoon and arrived about the same time as a thunderstorm which was all bluster and very little rain. As I was out checking the guttering in the dark with a torch I spotted a very healthy looking white bellied rat like creature crawling out of a hole in the straw bale wall. Could it be?After Penny and Roger left Will cooked fried chicken and chips and we had a game of Euchre.The storm has gone, the rain has stopped but there is a very annoying fly buzzing about. It will have to go!