Posts by Benjamin Dickins

As I mentioned in last week’s blog, we have been entertaining David’s Dad, Roger, for the week. Sadly for him the weather has continued much as it has been all year and, for the first time in his spring visits, we haven’t been able to BBQ or eat outside. The week started wet and only…

Apologies for not posting a blog last week.  The last couple of weeks have been a little ‘bitty’ with lots going on but no great leaps forward and not so many photos. Despite that, I had intended to write something and was torn between a title of ‘It’ll be all white on the night’ or…

Thankfully, the weather has continued to be kind and, despite the poor forecast and outlook when I wrote last week’s blog, there have been a number of dry days that enabled me to continue some of the work I had begun last week. That was focussing my attention on the south west corner of the…

Having said in last week’s blog that the ratio between wet and dry days was beginning to improve the start of this week began a little damp again. It forced me to remain indoors and, finally, complete the major project of taking down all the Christmas decorations and pack them away in the store room. …

Sunday 03 March – Not so much of a ‘leap’ forward Last week’s blog said that 2024 has begun in a similar manner as 2023 did – wet and, at times, blustery.  As February gave way to March, the UK Met Office published data that showed February 2024 had been the wettest month on record. …

The last sentence of my previous blog said that the forecast for the start of the week was for drier weather.  It was – for a day! On that dry Monday I continued to cut hedges and completed the longer of the 2 which surround Granary’s garden.  It is one where honey-fungus is slowly taking…

I am pleased to say the last 7 days have been much more productive and also more fun than the previous few. Perhaps more fun, isn’t quite accurate, but it has been a week of gift giving.  Last Monday (12th) was David and my anniversary.  We’ve made it to 14 years in our relationship (somehow!)…

At the end of my last blog 2 weeks ago, I said that we were due to enter a dry period and we had a daunting number of tasks that we need to get our teeth into.  You can draw your own conclusions about how well we did that by the fact that I didn’t…

At the end of my last blog, which was written way back on 7th January, I mentioned that there was unlikely to be another for a couple of weeks. The reason being, as I suspect some may have worked out, we have been away for a short break.  Autumn and winter are our quietest times…

Sunday 07 January – 2023:  The Year of the Windy Duck We hope you all enjoyed your New Year celebrations whatever you were doing and wherever you were celebrating – or just giving it a stiff ignoring! David and I spent the evening of 31st here with friends and David’s Dad who had stayed over…