Nick and Kieran spent today digging a long trench across the front garden to put the water pipe into for the new house. Not a very exciting job, and not even an obvious one as they had to fill it in again straight after, but definitely progress.

The kitchen may not be completely finished yet, but we moved back in today, filling cupboards and drawers, moving the fridge back and putting away the heaps of tools that have accumulated over the last few weeks. It’s great to have the cooker and sink in the same room again, but best of all is that there’s a fire in the kitchen, whereas the arrière cuisine is unheated; not great, given that it’s been quite cool over the last few days.