We resumed the renovation of the clock tower garden yesterday, mercifully in more clement weather than last Monday. It really is starting to look like a proper garden again with neat edging, new shrubs and all the debris cleared away. It was a good way to start the month with Nikki back working with us for the winter, and our first bonfire of the season. I love a good blaze but must remember not to get too close and burn my eyelashes off again this year! Sir James must have been impressed by our efforts because he invited us to take a look around the clock tower itself. It's always a pleasure to explore another unseen historic building at Norton Conyers and as you can see from the photos this one is especially atmospheric. Giles reckons it is the only building on the estate in which he has heard unexplained footsteps behind him! So with bonfires and ghosts a very apt way to introduce October.
" Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!" Humbert Wolfe
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