The Storm
Early Thursday morning we were woken by the sound of wind, rain and thunder. The noise was pretty deafening and as Sue got up to look out of the window … Read More
Steps by ‘Alan’
With my back playing up I was of little help to Alan as he designed and built the central set of steps from the house down to the terrace. Alan … Read More
Sky by ‘Dreamworks’
On two consecutive nights we had some very impressive cloud formations – very similar to those used by a well known feature film maker!
The Dentist
With one of the kids complaining about toothache on a regular basis we decided that finding a dentist would be a prudent move, so phoning around we got one or … Read More
Pool at night
While Alan, Julia and James were with us we decided to use the pool after dark for the first time and had great fun, the only downside was the insect … Read More
Canoeing around Brantome
With one of Alex’s friends visiting us we took a trip to Brantome and spent a fun hour canoeing around the lovely town. On previous visits we had watched with … Read More
Terrace railings – being fitted!
The terrace was transformed today by the fitting of the railings and we are pleased with the results, for some reason they make the terrace seem even bigger. Still work … Read More
Terrace Coping stones
Ben had installed the steel supporting posts for the terrace railings and my job was to fit the coping stones before the railings are installed. All well and good but … Read More
Steps down to pool
The steps down to the pool from the new terrace consisted of a couple of soil ledges that were sometimes tricky to negotiate (so I am told), so high on … Read More