We’ve had 1 and a half inches of rain over the last two days and the two eldest grandchildren came to stay! What do two old grumpy grandparents do with an eight and nearly seven year old on wet grey days? So P took them off to the motor museum in Coventry for the morning yesterday morning. I had two whole hours of working in the garden which included planting various things and weeding. Then I showed them how the cement mixer worked and mixed up a batch of compost. Next I got them to sow some carrot seeds, some broad beans and also planted some sprouting garlic cloves in pots.

Today they helped serve two customers, put some plants out into the sales area and then, best of all, had a bonfire. This kept them occupied for ages even though it was spitting with rain the whole time. Other highlights included doing a three-legged then a four legged walk, going to see if we could see the barn owl (it wasn’t there but they saw some pellets) and sploshing about in puddles. We’ve just returned to an empty house after handing them back to their parents.