We built a number of thermal stores into the greenhouse at tatnam patch from the start. Borrowing an Infrared camera from Dorset Energy Advice Centre (DEAC) to study our home insulation was a good opportunity to see how they were working, so I nipped down after dark, about 10pm. The metal baths, and flagstones  positively glow, transferring heat from day to night, and several degrees ‘hotter’ in infrared radiation than the surroundings.

Bath in greenhouse

I also disturbed a load of pigeons roosting in the oak trees

Tatnam Patch trees

High storage in the greenhouse – black painted toilet cisterns

high toilet cisterns