Under way

 It was an early start. Ellie was awake around six-ish and though he tried to drop back to sleep, the Gorse Fox couldn't manage it. By six-thirty, he gave up and went down for a coffee.

Ellie is at the childminder in LA today, but not before she went hunting for Poppy the Elf. It took her a bit longer to find her today.

Poppy was clearly exhausted from her overnight trip back to the North Pole and had settled down for a sleep.

Simon the Landscaper is back this morning and the Gorse Fox went and discussed the plan with him. He agrees with the requirement for the trimming of the tiles and is now well underway executing the plan. He's even brought floodlights so he can, if necessary, continue when it gets dark.