At Last

Posted By on 6th May 2016

What a difference a week makes. 7 days ago I was having to buy in extra coffee and sugar for hot drinks, this week I’m in danger of running out of soft drinks and ice cubes!!

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Steps

Posted By on 2nd May 2016

Want to see some ‘before’ and ‘almost after but not quite’ pics?

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Spring? What Spring?

Posted By on 30th April 2016

On Wednesday it snowed more in one day than it has done during the entire winter. What’s that about? It certainly doesn’t feel like Spring. Although the lying snow soon went, the rain was never far away blowing in and then out again on a brisk, bitterly cold wind.

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The Roof

Posted By on 26th April 2016

In recent weeks I’ve got used to accepting large deliveries from Travis Perkins, so when the delivery wagon pulled up unexpectedly yesterday morning I simply greeted him with, “What have you got for me today, then?” His reply was surprising, “Stainless steel shower door frame and glass panel”

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A Top Tip

Posted By on 22nd April 2016

Here’s a top tip, and I bet if you try until you’re 100 you’ll never guess what it is.

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Sunshine

Posted By on 21st April 2016

At last some decent weather, the last 2 days have been warm with wall-to-wall sunshine.

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Goldilocks

Posted By on 19th April 2016

Remember back in December when I dug up and stored the ‘Lucifer’ corms and how a month later I had to dig out the ones I’d stored in the ground because they were still in the way?

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Sometimes . . . . .

Posted By on 17th April 2016

Sometimes you just have to get on with it . . . . .

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More Rain

Posted By on 13th April 2016

Once again the great British weather has dropped a spanner in the works. Although the roof trusses are here, the oak beams arrived on Monday, and the slates and other roofing paraphernalia came this morning, all hope of starting the roofing process today is a distant memory.

So I’ll start with a question.

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April Showers

Posted By on 10th April 2016

‘April showers’ might bring ‘May flowers’, but they don’t do anything to advance the cause of an outdoor job. It’s been a disappointing, ‘stop-start’ kind of week.

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