Posts de Benjamin Dickins

While we don’t usually refer to time by the weeks of the year, apparently we have now finished week 23 of 2024.  I think I can say that last week has been the most productive week of the year so far and it’s only taken us 22 weeks to get here! The reason for this…

Last week’s blog predicted a number of things, some of which came true! The first was that we were expecting a delivery of breeze blocks on Monday for the team to continue with the pool build.  They duly arrived and the project continues to progress. The breeze blocks were laid over a couple of, very…

Apologies for not posting a blog last week.  The previous blog said that we were expecting Dave’s aunt and uncle which would lead to a sociable, if not very productive, week. The not so productive bit turned out to be true and, to a lesser extent, the social bit – at least for me.  Sadly,…

I finished my last blog saying that the weather forecast was looking good and that it would be a productive week.  Thankfully one of these was true … We, and more importantly our guests, have enjoyed the hottest and driest week of the year so far, with temperatures reaching well into the 20s. We have…

Again, no blog for 2 weeks and for much the same reason as before.  We have been busy but on things that either take a bit more time to achieve, or that don’t make for great images. The advantage of the last couple of weeks however, is that the weather has been much kinder to…

I didn’t post a blog last week as, while we had been busy, our work had been lots of small but necessary tasks that don’t make for great pictures.  To some degree the same is true of this week too but I have been able to do a couple of things where you can see…

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. …