Where have the last few weeks gone? The summer went on for ever here and our last visitors left the day before we went on our own holiday to Portugal, from which we returned yesterday. We stayed in an apartment in a little fishing village called Vila Cha not far from Porto. The weather was hot and sunny, even though there was a bit of a sea breeze. Apart from going to the beach, walking to the local restaurants and sitting on the terrace we spent one day in the town of Porto and that was it! Now its back to work! First job - bottling up the wine that has just been delivered, along with our personalised labels. It needs to settle for a while but as there is always a not quite full bottle at the end of the bin we will drink that tonight. Just before we went away Mark started on a project to rebuild a ruin, who knows what it will end up as, perhaps another small gite or perhaps a gallery - we'll see and it depends on how the finances go! A very quick trip to England for a family wedding in September also gave us the welcome opportunity to catch up with people we hadn't seen for a while. Today it is overcast and a bit damp and even though its not cold its a real contrast and Mark is planning to clean the flues for the log burners in the next day or so. Meanwhile there are still tomatoes, squash, apples and the last of the figs to deal with. What figs there are left that is as the birds have had a feast whilst we have been away! Pics of the ruins next time - I need to find out how to upload a folder for them.
