Well, what a wonderful weekend I had in Leiden. Thanks Gary, Caren and Sam, and Jan and Ge, for making it a truly memorable weekend.

I've uploaded a whole heap of photos, just click >here< to see the new album

New fence

Turmoil at chateau stu this week, as John the joiner erects a brand new fence, and installs new upstairs doors and frames. John brought a fencing guy, Ian, with him, and Dave helped enormously: digging holes, roots, helping erect the fence and clearing the garden. Thanks to all for such a fantastic job. The fence really will improve the garden by letting in so much more sunlight. A working party of four - Neil, Debbie, Dave and I finished it off on Saturday morning with a coat of paint. Photos of new doors to follow. (they're not painted yet...)