Some people came to look at the house the other day. They spent all of ten minutes looking round, asked me no questions and not many more of the estate agent's man who was with them. So I don't think they were bowled over.

Perhaps a modern property like this friend's house in La Châtre where I had dinner last night would be more to their taste. I last saw it when it was a shell and it's fascinating to see the finished article. It's quite a contrast to the standard issue new-build bungalows that spring up around here, not to mention old stone shacks like ours or what is soon to be Ewan's Georgian flat.