Category: Garden

With lots of trenches to be dug for footings and drainage we hired a digger for a day. This not only saves a lot of time (and I mean a … Read More

Sue had been wanting to visit a garden centre and we achieved this during the trip. These pots were however bought while doing our grocery shopping and were good value … Read More

When we left in the summer the gazebo was still up so we couldn’t see the two sets of steps in ‘alignment’ and their full glory:

While I was busy plastering around the newly fitted window Paul started stripping more of the ivy off one of the remaining barn walls. This is not a straightforward task … Read More

From Gabor: Mark set me a challenge to photograh a buzzard.  This is my best effort.  Unfortunately my camera has too much of a delay between pressing the button and … Read More

From Gabor: It’s raining, so I’ll tell you about the wildlife. Sitting outside, we regularly hear the calls of the local buzzards, who Mark tells me nest in the oak … Read More

From Gabor: It’s been a cool but pleasant morning, threatening to become warmer later.  We’ve taken advantage to make some use of the tin of Hammerite we were asked to … Read More

From Gabor: I’ve taken over as your Dordogne correspondent for the next week and a bit. First news is that the 10th mark has gone on the mole tally in … Read More