Il pleut, il pleut, il pleut

It feels like it has been raining pretty much non stop FOR EVER. With short interludes of sleet and wind for light entertainment. It is amazing, looking at the animals, how happy they are in the horrible weather. I wouldn't be happy living outside all the time even if I had a big wooly jumper on!
Perhaps the chickens could be a bit peeved with the damp, they are living in a swamp and the poor things never really dry out. Although they seem happy enough.
It is getting a bit trying how muddy everything is and how cold the house it and how hard it is to dry laundry moan moan the mud the wet moan the water is coming down the chimney moan the cold moan moan - although I feel I shouldn't complain too much as one of our friends doesn't even have a washing machine at the moment as the batteries on their solar power (they are off grid) have rather given up the ghost, and there isn't much sun going on anyway.

The heating and laundry drying system