Posted By Judith on 14th June 2016
If you begin an outdoor project in December, as we did, you expect the occasional hold up due to bad weather, and we certainly had our fair share. But in June you expect something a little better.
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Posted By Judith on 11th June 2016
Yesterday saw the start of UEFA Euro 2016 in France. For the next month non football fans hide behind the sofa and pray for it all to be over, whilst the rest of us long suffering supporters, who have high hopes of the young England team, hide behind the sofa for different reasons.
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Posted By Judith on 9th June 2016
Many years ago I remember having a conversation with my mum about television, specifically what we wanted from it. She said she wanted to be ‘entertained’, I said I wanted to be ‘informed’.
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Posted By Judith on 5th June 2016
Last week was miserable. Whilst the western side of the UK was bathed in warm sunshine, here down the eastern side we had cloud, rain, cold and strong winds. In a word it was rubbish, certainly not conducive to building or gardening.
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Posted By Judith on 28th May 2016
The 20 tons of hardcore delivered on Friday wasn’t enough, so on Tuesday 16 more tons arrived, followed by several other smaller consignments. Spreading hardcore is intensely boring, so Leonard and I mostly kept out of the way. In fact I took the opportunity to do a little painting job that’s been hanging on for weeks.
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Posted By Judith on 22nd May 2016
Fancy a trivia quiz? Ready? Here’s question one. How long does it take to clear the garden of all the remaining concrete whilst simultaneously digging out for the new gravel?
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Posted By Judith on 19th May 2016
The 3 ton digger returned on Tuesday lunchtime, also Adrian along with Brett and David for extra muscle power, and boy did they need it.
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Posted By Judith on 14th May 2016
Not for the first time the building schedule has slipped. The remaining old concrete in the drive was due to be dug up this week, but the digger won’t be coming until Monday now (hopefully).
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Posted By Judith on 11th May 2016
One of the few pleasures of renting ‘Joiners Cottage’ (and there weren’t many because after the novelty had worn off we grew to hate it) was the antics of the house martins who lived in the open sheds in the yard and provided us with hours of enjoyment watching their wonderful aerial antics.
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Posted By Judith on 8th May 2016
Today we went to the seaside. It’s the first day off we’ve had that is unconnected to the garden project since before Xmas, so I think we’ve probably earned it, and as you can no doubt guess we went to Skegness.
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