photo: Nick Dawe

Mould is becoming a problem. The riverside location, almost daily heavy rain for a month and a lack of ventilation are all contributing to the creation of the humid conditions required. It crept up on me somewhat, by taking over two dark cupboards in the bow and also inhabiting the food cupboard.

All of my clothing has succumbed to green furry mould and I spent the morning cleaning it as best as I could. I moved my drawings out of the Egg before Christmas in anticipation of the problem as well as supplies of canvas, paper and books.

The rest of the day will be spent washing the walls and kitchen surfaces with a weak solution of bleach. Sharing ones home with spiders is one thing but near invisible spores quite another.

One of a packet of oatcakes in the food locker.

Mould beginning on the inner egg wall.