I had the first visit of the year and the first visit in the new classroom. It works! I arrived at the farm early to turn on the heating in the visitor room, as I had a group of Year 1 children visiting and thought they may feel the cold. As I arrived at the farm I realised it was -3. Turned on the heating and then went to check both the den building wood and play wood were safe for the children to play in. Once I had put the finishing touches to the visitor room, I had a few minutes spare for a coffee and a click of the camera . The beauty of the ice was made more apparent by the camera rather than the naked eye…

It has been a busy day in the new visitor room. I am under a little time pressure as the first visitors to the new room are coming to the farm this Friday. Today I had the help of dad and Veronica armed with their drills. Although first thing this morning the temperature wasn’t too bad, the wind picked up and I did hear a few mutterings about cold hands as we headed towards lunchtime.

It is official, the dogs and I have now moved from the old classroom to the new visitor room. The water bowl for the dogs now has its new place and both Nellie dog and Fly dog have drunk from the bowl. The metal foot in the picture sits at the bottom of a support post and will be adjusted as the wooden building moves with time. Love the idea of a ‘living building’.