Neighbours.

I have described about how our farm is attached to two other houses, occupied by families. I am not sure I said that one is for sale, the one attached to us and therefore the one with whom we have most contact.

Worrying times...

But last night while OH was digging drainage holes at the end of the cow field, the neighbours from across the road invited us round for a G&T in the warm evening sunshine.

They are an agreeable couple that we see only occasionally and they are a very agreeable couple. So what started as a drink in the garden became a full-blown evening in with wine and pizzas.

In fact the midges drove us in before we took a first sip.
I wonder how to dispense with midges when it is such a lovely evening. Usually there is too much wind for them to bother. Wind - difficult to grow things, gets on your nerves, cold versa wind - dries the soil, keeps the midges away, cools it down on a hot day.

So there you have your plus points and minus points;

neighbours - share tasks, have a drink together, look after the chickens in an emergency (maybe) versa -neighbours, resent sharing their space with you, getting bothered by their requests for help, having to entertain their children. (picture - which I have made small to protect identies)

I am rambling. Time to go and pick the rest of the gooseberries.