Caravans

Posted By on 26th March 2018

Love them or hate them caravans are a part of holiday motoring here in the UK and offer a relatively cheap and flexible means of summer breaks for people on a budget, even if they do infuriate other road users. Back in the day we too were caravanners.

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If Wishes Were Vacuum Cleaners – – – I’d Be 25 Again

Posted By on 19th March 2018

It’s no secret that I hate housework. I’d much rather do 2 hours gardening than 30 minutes flicking round with a duster. It’s also no secret that I hate TV adverts and yet the other week I was seduced and almost succumbed to one for a cordless vacuum cleaner.

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Handy Hint

Posted By on 12th March 2018

Have you got a pair of velvet curtains that have seen better days and need some TLC? If so you might find this helpful.

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Work? I Can Sit And Watch It For Hours

Posted By on 5th March 2018

After the atrocious weather of last week it’s easy to forget that Spring is just around the corner, but it is, so I thought I’d take a look back in my diary to see what I was doing last year at this time to get ready for my favourite season.

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Swallows And Amazon (with apologies to Arthur Ransome)

Posted By on 26th February 2018

Regular readers will know how pleased we were when the swallows took up residence in our garage roof last May and we spent many happy hours during the summer watching them zoom effortlessly in and out.

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Elephant In The Room

Posted By on 19th February 2018

Well, the decorating we started at Xmas is almost complete, it’s been quite a task and taken longer than it should because we took a bit of a detour to strip and re-polish the oak desk that Peter bought a few weeks ago.

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Posted By on 12th February 2018

Just what you need to brighten a cold February day, some more ‘before’ and ‘after’ pics, but before you yawn with boredom and turn away, they aren’t of ‘Grassy Bottom’, they are in fact photos from my sister’s garden in Aberdeenshire.

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A Public Service Announcement

Posted By on 5th February 2018

It was a cold Tuesday in January and I’d gone to Louth to do some shopping and visit the bank.

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Giant Sunflower

Posted By on 29th January 2018

I’ve wittered on at some length over the last 12 months about sunflowers. In particular I’ve been very proud of the large one that grew, unexpectedly, out of a packet of ‘Munchkin’ seeds.

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Look Straight Ahead And Think Of England

Posted By on 22nd January 2018

Since moving to ‘Grassy Bottom’ in 2014 regular readers will know we have hired tradesmen to do the major renovations, but that doesn’t mean Peter and I have been idle.

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