Today was a beautiful day. Bright sunshine, almost clear blue skies and a light breeze. Just the day for taking Fortnum and Mason for a walk.As I strolled along there was plenty of time to admire the views. You’ve got to understand the bassets need to take time... By the time I settled to watch the rugby last night my aches and pains from the gorse harvesting were already setting in. My pain was only made worse watching England battle against the all blacks. Despite the score 37-20 to the ABs, England put up a pretty good fight... The bassets and I have had a very productive afternoon. Exhausting but very satisfying and we had glorious weather to brighten our day.After a couple of wet weekends it was important to restart the gorse harvest. We’ve got trees to put in but can’t do so... The scaffolding has finally come down on the neigbours new house. There’s been plenty of activity recently so it looks like the final push towards completion.My heart goes out to Mike and Andrea whose budget ran dry so they are having to do the painting... Our bassets are not the bravest of creatures. Mason has a particularly endearing quality that when he sees something he doesn’t like or not sure of he’ll jump back on all four paws and hide, either behind us or behind Fortnum.It was an adventure to see how... 