My new passport arrived yesterday so I am good to go, hurrah, so looking forward to hitting the road for the south of France on May 6. We were up in Gloucestershire yesterday and spring had most definitely sprung up there. A bit more frigid here but there are banks of primroses out now and the camellias are a picture.The fields are a bit greener but not exactly overloaded with grass! Not to worry, Bernard tipped up the other day with another 125 bales of very sweet smelling hay so they will not starve.

We are getting all the Helenia Alpacas alpaca herd together in readiness for the auction at the Bristol Sales Centre on Saturday and Chas and Andrew are busy doing their spring jabs, toe nails and all that stuff. I hope lots of you turn up and buy them!