Stroud Green's olives are still a little moist

Here are the olives that will produce Stroud Green Olive Oil Special Reserve - the olives grown on our own small plantation - as they were today, looking a little damp.  Soaked, in fact.  We're waiting for dry weather, hoping to start the picking in the next couple of days.

It's unpleasant picking in the rain, and the mud gets in.    So that's a no-no.   For today it's a question of stiff upper lip, a drop of red wine, and waiting for the weather to improve.  The forecast is for better weather in the next couple of days.   

Watch this space.