In case you wondered what a Mari Lwyd dance-off looks like...

What a great find. I do love it when a chance discovery of a wilding tree leads to something really special.

That would be lovely, but I suspect our plot is a little too suburban for that. Mostly assorted tits, sparrows, robins and the inevitable pigeons round our way. Oh, and the local parakeets, but they tend to stick to the higher tree-tops, so our stepover tree should be safe from them.

As it happens, I enjoyed a bottle of the 2010 vintage myself this very evening. Deep, fruity flavours, lots of malt, sweet, nutty, rather delicious.

Happy New Year to you!