Sunny.

We woke this morning to yet more gorgeous sunshine. From the bedroom window the trees were lit up with their patchwork of green, yellow and brown leaves shining in the sun. Sitting on our windowsill we could also see Elwen. She has given up looking at us begging to come in as muddy paws don't go well with cream bedding and she bullies poor confused Squeaky if we are not around but instead her eyes were fixed on her own reflection in the big mirror on the opposite wall of our bedroom. She spent quite a while staring at herself and meowing (probably death threats), silly cat.   At this time of year the sun still reaches down to light up the front of the house and looking out of the kitchen window the red acer shines like a beacon in the sunlight.

Weather like this was not to be wasted so off we went for a walk around Morte Point in the warm sunshine.

Even with the naked eye we could see some of the bigger buildings on Lundy. (I have looked into the possibility of going over to Lundy for Christmas but everything apart from the Barn, sleeps 22, and Big St John's, sleeps 4, was booked and even Big St John's was over £600 for the week.)

We had our coffee right out at the Point. I can think of nothing better than sitting in the warm sun with a gentle breeze blowing across our faces and the sound of the waves lapping below.

Back home, via Tesco's, I waded into the stream to sort out the wire boundary fence that had caught all the debris washed down in the flood. As Paul hadn't got round to removing the fence I cut it myself and cleared all the wood out of the stream. I did find all the logs which had been washed down from their temporary place on the far side of the stream. We were giving Paul a chance to claim them as it was technically his tree we had cut down. He obviously doesn't want them so I'll put them in our shed. I also cleared part of the 18" of mud and sticks that had covered the steps down to the stream. That was more than enough work for one day.