Nasty smells!

Over the last week, we've all been suffering on our estate as the local farmer has been spreading "digestate" on the fields behind our houses. To be honest, he couldn't have picked a worse time with the Bank Holiday Easter weekend, and the warm weather we had last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

We learnt from a local (who'd been talking to the farmer) that environmentally, it's very good for the land, but the smell is unbelievably bad! They take food waste from us (and supermarkets) heat it, which releases a vapour that's turned into electricity, and the slurry is then spread on the land as a fertiliser.

On our Facebook page, neighbours have been up in arms about the foul smell and the farmer has promised not to do it next year in the Spring. Or near a Bank Holiday weekend! I feel for the houses that border the fields as they must have it the worst. It's impossible to sit out in the garden or have any windows open at the moment!

Today has therefore been spent avoiding the smell and staying indoors. Keith did the week's shopping first thing and the rest of the day was quiet and uneventful. I went to collect Mike from work because Aintree has started and Keith was glued to the television! I will have a bet on the Grand National on Saturday (the race is running for real this year, after the computer-generated effort last year!) but I can't bring myself to watch it live! I get too upset!

This evening, after a delicious dinner of chicken in a white wine sauce with dumplings, Sophie and I watched the penultimate episode of Masterchef. If we are honest, this series has been a bit disappointing. I don't think any of the contestants have much character or personality and nobody has really boobed! The final is tomorrow night and I predict Tom to win!