Many years ago we went to live in an old hall which had been uninhabited for some time. We shared the house with my brother's family and worked hard at renovating it, but we soon found traces of mice, so used to set traps for them every night, each with a blob of Mars bar on it. During the night we would hear these traps going off with a snap and every morning my son would remove the dead mice and throw them out into the surrounding woods.
Now we live at the other end of the country and the problem is rats, not in the house, I hasten to add, but they nest under sheds and visit the compost bin, so my husband has to put rat poison down from time to time. It's a common thing nowadays - they say you are only a few yards from a rat whether you live in the country or in a town. Viktoria, I'm like you, and don't like the bare tails of rats and mice, though I'm OK with hamsters and gerbils.
We are having the second day in a row of warm sunshine! The temperature is set to drop a little later, but next week is forecast to be fine every day. It's unbelievable! The farmers are struggling with their crops in the sodden fields, though, and there is talk of veg prices rising.
I've just received my invitation to have a Spring booster Covid jab from the surgery and will have my annual review at the same time. We oldies who have underlying conditions are reviewed every year to see that we are on the right medication and so on. There are blood tests, too, height and weight and a few questions about our lifestyle. We don't get to see a doctor, of course, just a nurse, though we would be summoned back when the test results come back if anything was of concern.
