After the Wind

After an amazing few days of gale force winds, the reality has set in - almost all our fruit has gone. Even the black currants have been blown off the bushes. Both the chestnut trees are badly damaged, so I doubt if there will even be any chestnuts. The irony is that today is calm and very hot. Any rain that might have fallen in the past day will no doubt be evaporating as I write. I guess this is all part of living on the land, good years and bad years.