Sunday 20 September – An Indian Summer
Apologies that it has been three weeks since posting a blog – it seems like so long ago! At least there is lots to cover as it has been a reasonably productive period at least the last 2 weeks have. The first week less so as I was struck by a pretty nasty bug that…
Sunday 30 August – Blue Lorry, Yellow Lorry
Apologies for not posting a blog last week – will let you know why later. It has been an odd couple of weeks in terms of work – possibly not the busiest or most productive – and there aren’t too many major things to share with you. I have continued to stain Grange although the…
Sunday 16 August – A Stain on our Character
Last week’s blog stated that I was focussed on 2 tasks – hedge cutting and staining Grange. It was the latter that was the continued focus for this week and still it isn’t finished! I know it seems like it is taking an awfully long time to do something fairly simple, and to be fair…
Sunday 09 August – Same Old, Same Old!
Last week’s blog said that we had started 2 major projects which desperately needed doing. It is both of these that I have been continuing with this week – although neither are actually finished! Earlier in the week I continued with the hedging which is very nearly complete. I was fortunate in that the weather…
Sunday 2 August – Back to Work
I can’t believe that my last blog, 2 weeks ago, was written the day we completed Priory. It already seems like so long ago … Thankfully, both families who have stayed in Priory in the last 2 weeks have absolutely loved what we have done and have left us some lovely comments. The family who…
Sunday 19 July – Perfect Priory
Well we’ve made it. We are both a bit shattered but at 10 am today our first guests arrived in the newly finished, revamped, redecorated and refurbished Priory. And, while I may be a little biased, it looks amazing. In my last blog, I said that I wasn’t panicking about getting things complete on time,…
Sunday 05 July – Lounging Around
When I wrote last week’s blog I said that we had a leaky shower which needed to be resolved quickly if we were to stand any chance of getting Priory complete, and that I wasn’t panicking (at that stage) that we would be able to finish on time. Our plumber came back last Monday to…
Sunday 28 June – A Right Shower
In last week’s blog I said that I would ration the pictures of Priory so as not to spoil the surprise when everything is finished. I therefore won’t include any pictures this week so I will keep things short. In last week’s blog I also made the bold (foolish?) statement that, with the valiant efforts…
Sunday 21 June – The Longest Day
To begin, my apologies for not posting a blog for the last 2 Sundays. Not completely my fault. The first Sunday (7 June) I did decide not to write a blog as the progress we had made in Priory didn’t make for great photos. Last Sunday we were without phone and internet at home –…