Day 5

The Sunday before Easter. He's baking hot cross buns in a strange kitchen - very brave. I'm taking the easy route making red Thai curry (for dinner). Took the accumulated compostable waste up to the allotment compost heap. Potatoes, red mustard (super peppery), coriander, pot marigolds, winter purslane (tastes like grass but soft like lettuce)  flourishing in the group polytunnel. Tomatoes just planted. Folk have been busy on some of the allotments, weeding, the soil tilled - garlic on its way, broad beans emerging.

The district heating guru popped round and checked the settings - all seems fine. He seems optimistic about the planning permission. The house is warm, much warmer than our place in Spain.

Walked out towards Borrisokane in the afternoon sunshine. Drifts of hawthorn blossom in the hedges. Everyone seems to have mowed their acres of lawns. Some gardens have gorgeous displays of spring daffodils, tulips, wallflowers, primulas ... In the information window near Centra there are details of all the meitheals planned to beautify the town and ecovillage over the next few weeks.

On the cultural front, tonight there will be a film club showing of 'Take the money and run' in the Heritage Centre.

Checking out possible walks over Easter and ferries back to Spain in the event building cannot start soon. An emotional ups and down day.