Most glorious night. Thou wert not sent for slumber

I’m with Byron on night, although our reasons for not slumbering are probably somewhat different!

Scrub a dub dub

We’re taking three pigs to the abattoir on Tuesday morning and that always means a lot of extra work on the Sunday before. First, the pigs have to be brought in to the byre, making it easier to control their final feeds and load them on Tuesday morning. Then the trailer has to be thoroughly checked for defects, scrubbed inside and out, and disinfected before a final rinse. I use a heavy duty commercial washroom detergent and a stout broom to clean the trailer - it’s much cheaper than agricultural detergent, kills the same bacteria and lifts the dirt just as well.

Books a source of bird flu

Yes, you read that correctly and I have it from no better source than BBC News which says…

So, do as the caption says - disinfect your books now. You have been warned!