A runaway cow.

Gutted. I'm absolutely gutted. It turns out that we had an escaped cow in our orchard, and we weren't at home to see it! The guy from whom I'm collected the pallets told me that he'd phoned to school to let them know there was a cow in the field behind our house. It then dashed off into our orchard, and there was chased around by a number of school staff. It got away and was last seen heading off down the High Street.
I can't believe we missed it (and yes, there are hoof prints in the grass to show it wasn't just an April Fool!) and I really hope someone was taking photos... If they were, I'll get hold of them and post them, because it's about the funniest thing that's happened all year!

And another thing living in the country, while I'm on the subject. I was hoovering the patio this afternoon (sad, I know!) and discovered that we've got a bird nesting there again this year. Not exactly sure what it was, because it saw me before I saw it, and looked pretty terrified, so I figured climbing up for a better look probably wasn't very kind! Will get a photo tomorrow though, with luck!