I started back at work on Wednesday (yesterday) following holidays. Amanda and the Housekeepers have worked brilliantly over the past few weeks – especially as they have had some delicate matters to sort out. The saddest occurrence of August to date has been the death on site of one of the Carrical resos – Patrick.

Some of you might remember former Carrical reso Janet Poole. Janet was a lady who Isabel and I took out of Carrical and invited her to live with our family. Janet lived with us for about a year before she moved into private rental. Sadly, Janet passed away a few weeks ago.