Remember Terry the rooster? He is becoming a real companion. He loves to be with Robert in the garden – likes to chat to him man to man, follows him everywhere.

This morning is just such an example – as Robert picks the last of the tomatoes and pumpkins before any more frosts strike, Terry is there to keep him company.

He has even worked out that it’s a good lurk to sit at the door of the cooking school.  Della always sits there patiently waiting for any stray morsel of food that might come her way.  Last week Terry joined her.  Strange menagerie this.