We need somewhere to store all the firewood that we need to buy before winter; Kieran looks in need of a demolition type job. So we give him the concrete breaker and let him loose on the pig sty that he started to demolish a year ago. As you can see from the photos, he was quite a happy bunny and there is just the small matter of removing the rubble tomorrow.

I have, at last, finished painting and distressing my mother’s kitchen cupboards; I don’t think she’d approve of what I’ve done to them, but I think they look great. The lads moved them back to the kitchen so I could put some stuff away.

Later, after teaching my English class in Nogaro this afternoon, I started loading up the next compost bin from the heap that’s accumulated over the last few weeks. I do wonder if I’ll ever get to the end of it; every time I think I’ve made an impression on the heap, they pile more stuff on it!

We noticed today that the olives on the tree are ripening. We won’t be going into oil production this year as there are only about 20 olives on the tree, but I’ll have to ask our Portuguese neighbour what I need to do to them next.