oh dear deer

The boys went for a walk with Jen today and met a deer rather in a tangle, I was called in for a rescue but it was rather a lively deer with pointy antlers so we decided to go tell some one. After being passed from one neighbour to another I ended up at a house with a very bemused mujer, she eventually cottoned on to my story once I managed to get a pencil and paper out of her an do some little maps and sketches. She said thank you kindly my hubby is out but he will be back in a little while with his gun. Oh yes of course he will Oh drat I didn't see that one coming. Poor little Bambi er rotten little pest er lovely freezer full of meat.

Campelo

Just a few minutes south of Valdovino this is a wonderful little spot very popular in the summer but fine this time of year. There is a little waterfall next to the steps down to lovely granite rocks and golden sand it felt very like Nanjizal in the far West of Cornwall.

And a few stacks like the Irish Lady off Pedn Maen Du Near Land's End.

The boys discovered a cave that lead to a secret grotto.

And they could not not get wet.

We made a labyrinth

and a Mago

And we walked the maze
Looked at the rocks and thought they were almost Porth Nanven rocks
Sam managed to catch a few waves but I dod not manage to get any good photos of him.

Then a quick goodbye to the magic grotto.

chop chop

We remembered our wedding anniversary a day early this year, friend arrived early evening and we played boy games with a chainsaw and an axe, the axe was not much slower than the chainsaw on small trees but did make more blisters anyway it looked a bit like this a few days ago
and now it looks like this
We did precision chopping - watch out for that baby chestnut tree it will be part of the new forest that grows to replace the eucalyptus...whirrr zzzzuzzz zizzz zzzziizzz eeeeeeeee crump woohoo perfecto. we did bend a few little oaks and chestnuts but they will survive. we landed one right between two new cherry trees with no damage too - that was a fortunate accident though.
The hen house even survived, we are hoping to be able to keep the few still standing at the bottom end as specimen trees as they are part of the boys tree house adventure park place. Blimey that is a lot of leaves to dispose of too, they rot down to a horrid black nasty compost.


There are still another 40 or so at the top end due to come down this weekend...we have many weeks worth of sawing and chopping ahead of us before they become a lifetime supply of firewood. I intend doing 30 mins every lunch break ad infinitum.