Total eggs - still the same - not going outside to check at it is raining.

I've been awake since about 5am this morning, and am starting to flag now. It's pouring with rain outside, so we are relegated to the lounge watching the Monaco grand prix qualifying. Massa has just crashed, so it may be interesting. I've just put the heating on now, as it's so cold.

We've taken Boris out today - to the mill, as you can see from the photo's. It closed down about a year ago, and has just been granted planning permission to be knocked down and lots of new houses built on it. It's quite sad really, I know it is a bit of an isore, but you do get used to it.

The walk takes about 30 minutes, and luckily we dodged the rain. From the mill, you walk up the road, across the railway line,

, then across a wheat field

- which has definitely grown in the last 2 weeks, then up to the school, and home. It's really nice, but was very very muddy today - so we had to walk very carefully as it was so easy to slip over.

I've nipped out to the pet shop, and bought some lice treatment. I've ordered the deosect from the web, but it won't be delivered until Wednesday at the earliest - so I decided to get them something the meantime, as they are crawling with the little monsters. On the way back I got them a couple of cabbages, which again Dhylis was scared of, but soon decided it was eatable. Sylvie also came out of the house. She's limping, so we cut off some of her long foot feathers to see if it made her balance a bit better. It really can't be easy walking with so many feathers on your feet. The other chooks don't have anywhere near as many feathers on their feet.A