Under house arrest...

Well, no not really - it's just we can't easily get out of the house because we are getting new drains/sewage system in our village, and now it's our turn to have the digger chew up the road outside.

Please excuse the lichen on the gates - it has been very wet this winter!  They will be re-painted when the work is done and the weather improves.
 

Doesn't it all look dismal...

Look at the road outside - the top layer has been scraped away - took them about ten minutes with a machine

They have promised that we'll be tidied up afterwards - in fact, we are supposed to be getting new pavements and if rumour has it, raised flower islands.

I just want to get out of the gates!