Woke up in the hay! Such a fantastic experience, even though it wasn't the best sleep I ever had. In the early morning I could hear the dawn chorus and the sunlight penetrated through the broken roof tiles. I was awake for a while before I emerged at 10am, reading my book and appreciating the surreal opportunity of sleeping on a massive haystack. We started the day with scrambled egg mixed with onion and cheese, cooked over the fire. At about 11am, we left to go...

Today is camping day! We started off well with a good breakfast of omelette and yoghurt. The boys came round for 10am to watch Ibolya make bread. She came from the outhouse and into the kitchen with a large cradle-like implement full of flour. It became Michael's job to gradually pour more water into the flour and yeast while Ibolya kneaded, pummelled and folded. She certainly worked up a sweat over this as it was incredibly hard work. This part of the process mu...