Finally I am prepared for winter! I went to the Police and made sure that my address is correct on my Residencia, they said it didn't matter but something made a difference for, when I asked for permission to burn they accepted my NIE and new my address and Finca number. So now I have burned all the bracken roots. Hopefully this is the last time I will need to burn as most garden rubbish can go for compost. I have also dug over the fincas and moved the gooseberry bush and some raspberries up to the orchard. I have had a delivery of wood and stacked it carefully in the garage, which now has a new door and floor.
I have had another plumbing crisis, this time it was pipes not drains. The result is that I now have a new stopcock in the house, this is very reassuring as, before, I was completely unable to turn off the water at the mains. Every cloud has a silver lining! We have had a week of beautiful weather but today the clouds have come in again.
