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Wet, wet, wet ... when will the rain stop? It's a bit soggy and damp here my orange spice room diffuser is loosing a battle over the scent of wet dog, the paw prints miss the towel placed by the door, how can four paws miss the whole towel (twelve if you times them by 3)? Overals are contantly soaking in the wheel barrow before being allowed in the washing machine, oh the mud.

The donkeys look very sorry for themselves with the sheep having a centre parting where the rain drips off them and the pigs have so much mud in their enclosures its impossible to not get covered in it at feeding time. The piglets have not yet ventures out from their pen into the muddy enclosure, they love their heat lamp, spending most of their sleeping time under it. waking time is spent feeding and walking over mum with a bit of investigating.

As it has been to wet for outside jobs I started to tackle our run down poly tunnel. It has been like this for the past two years due to other commitments around the place but all is going to change this year, at present the pigs food is stored here but plans are under way for veg to grow again. Half is now cleared and ready for a bit of manure (of which we have a fair bit) to be dug in.

Fizz's diet doesn't seem to be working the enormous fat cat hasn't been affected by the weather in the slightest she just spends her days sleeping, something I can only dream about. 

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