Loir – no more?
A couple of weeks before the summer invasion we had wire mesh installed above each of the velux windows. It turns out that the mounting kit for the windows has … Read More
2007 Visitors – Peter and Felicity
We were delighted that our very good friends Peter and Felicity came to visit us for a week. The company was good, the food was excellent (especially the plum crumbles … Read More
2007 Visitors – Alex’s friends
The first visitors (before Izzie and I arrived) were friends of Alex celebrating the end of exams! Sue bravely hosted them for a few days and made the first of … Read More
Summer of 2007
This summer we are trying to maximise the use of the house, work permitting. Half of the family will have been here for 5 weeks by the time we leave, … Read More
From the driving seat
The grass was pretty long when we arrived as it hadn’t been cut for nearly three weeks, but luckily the new toy, sorry I mean essential tool, made short work … Read More
Pool again….
the tiles around the pool look very good (even if the bill to supply and fit them was unexpected, you would have thought that was included in the price of … Read More
Garden tidy up….
This weekends works mainly centred on the garden and tidying up ready for the invasion of visitors for the summer season(!). The drive are was in partocular need of work: … Read More
Pool finished (for now!)
At last the coping around the pool was fitted this morning in about 4 hours, from the CCTV picture it looks good. Obviously we need to inspect in person but … Read More
Pool in the Sun!
The edging stones still haven’t been installed but the pool was looking good in the sun! In fact it was so good that on Sunday I used it for the … Read More
Garden after tractor…..
Unfortunately I didn’t take any photos before attacking the jungle with the new tractor. In the pictures below the area to the right (looking slightly brown) was on average three … Read More