MOLE WARFARE (7)

Some of you may have been wondering what's happened to the moles. So have I. Since I got the sleeper under the house on 9 April, there has been a surprising dearth of the furry critters. I think there is one in the wood somewhere, but that's OK; he can chew that up to his heart's content.

I have used the lull in the fighting to take back some ground in the orchard, which is now much less Somme-like than it was. Perhaps my steady aggression has caused them to lose faith in their cause. I hope so.

Walter Blotscher