{"id":16410,"date":"2017-02-24T14:14:39","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T14:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16410"},"modified":"2017-02-24T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T16:48:06","slug":"doris-and-the-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devolkitchens.co.uk\/blog\/doris-and-the-deer","title":{"rendered":"Doris and the Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"

It sure was windy up in my little office at the top of the mill yesterday. There were times I thought the roof would come off, but I should have remembered that the mill has stood for a thousand years, so we\u2019d probably be OK. At lunchtime I decided I\u2019d brave the weather and see how the grounds staff were faring.<\/p>\n

Well, the front gate had been blown off it\u2019s post and was now lashed to a tree. 2 big willow limbs had come down on the island, one which is hanging by a splinter with most of it lying in the river and part of an oak had fallen into the top mill pond. The guys were clearing out a ditch in a fairly sheltered spot, but it was under the trees, so I said I thought they should find jobs inside to do today.<\/p>\n

Phil Collins, not the drummer, our can-do-anything groundsman\/maintenance engineer type bloke decided that maybe it would be a good idea to get the deer out from under the trees too. Luckily we had this option as we just had planning permission to extend our deer enclosure, which was built a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

So they herded them into the new grassy enclosure and shut the gate and hunkered down in their cosy bloke-shed.<\/p>\n

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