title Closed-Down Shops, Hedgehogs and Chamomile, Brome and Diss - 2nd August 2020 intro It's harvest all round as the 100-acre wheat field is harvested and baled in just one night, then it's the turn of the chamomile in the side field. Later, a hedgehog makes a daylight visit - it looks like it might have been hit by a combine as there's a bit of blood and it looks quite thin, so we feed it some of Boris's 11+ Whiskas, a.k.a. "food for ancient cats", which it hoovers up. It's spotted again later and seems to have recovered. imgp1715 Harry whacks a box with a stick imgp1720 The back field has been harvested overnight imgp1722 Even the bales were taken away in the same night imgp1726 Harry keeps on whacking imgp1728 Mere's mouth in Diss imgp1729 People look out over the Mere imgp1730 The toilets are all scaffolded up imgp1731 Mere Street looks busy enough imgp1732 The former Beales shop is now deserted imgp1733 Another casualty of the internet and lockdown imgp1734 Carphone Warehouse has moved online too imgp1735 Another closed-up shop imgp1736 Meanwhile, Myhill's Pet and Garden seems unchanged imgp1740 A slightly-injured hedgehog appears in the garden imgp1744 Isobel takes a photo of the hog imgp1747 We give it some cat food, which cheers it up no end imgp1750 Harry has a close-up look imgp1757 Harry runs around imgp1760 Fred and Boris - stripey cat imgp1764 Fred gives Boris a tickle imgp1766 The Oaksmere's crows head off on an evening flight imgp1773 Boris has stuff on his head imgp1774 Fred points to "stuff on my cat" imgp1778 Fred plays some guitar imgp1779 Boris has a sleep after all the excitement imgp1780 Harry has a paper plane imgp1782 The trees across the side field imgp1783 The venerable walnut tree is lit up imgp1787 Birds like wires imgp1792 Boris is out on the field imgp1795 The boys run around the chamomile field imgp1797 The chanmomile has had its first hair cut imgp1799 The boys collect some of the left-over chamomile