Another hot day dawned, so this morning Nick continued to finish the cementing around the new windows while Kieran took the whacker to the subfloor in my workshop and I did some gardening, before it got too hot to be outside.

This evening we’d arranged to look at a kitten in Nogaro, so we headed off into town; we had some difficulty finding the address as I’d written the wrong house number down, but eventually the owners found us! We had the choice of two kittens and chose the male; he’s 8 weeks old and even I had to admit he’s quite cute; and once again, we’d like suggestions for names please!

Like most fellas, he’s already causing trouble; within minutes of arriving here, he disappeared down the narrow gap between a cupboard and the wall, then disappeared entirely and started miaowing wildly; then silence. We emptied the top of the cupboard and removed it from its base then moved the base a little out from the wall; by taking a photo on his phone of under the cupboard from behind, Kieran could tell that the kitten was hiding there and was OK. Eventually, Nick and Kieran managed to get him out of his hiding place, only for him to take up residence under the dresser in the hall! Last time I looked, Kieran was lying on the hall floor (he and Nick having taken the stitches out of his leg in the meantime!), trying to talk the kitten out of his new hidey hole.