Author: Harpsbridge
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2020 – March
Funny old month. First half all as normal: Visitors showing off their new cars (I’m looking at you Dad) and others calling to take advantage of our bespoke-assemble-it-at-home log shed service. Workmen fitting windows. Then Bam! Coronavirus and the new normal – everyone staying at home or 6 foot apart. We are fortunate to be […]
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2020 – February
Weather was not surprisingly a bit wintery this month. Multiple storms and a lot of wind. We had no power for about 8 hours during storm Ciara, so fired up the kitchen woodburner for cooking and heat, moved into the kitchen for better light and got on with a jigsaw. Chester snuggled down until the […]
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2020 – January
A quiet month, mostly because we both had ‘the lurgy’ for the first half. The weather has been mixed, although generally warmer than average, and by the end of the month there are early signs of spring – buds budding and snowdrops snowdropping. Most of the outside work has been in the orchard, winter pruning. […]
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2019 – December
After final fitting and plumbing the new bathroom is finally complete and open for business! Which meant a bit of redecorating, box unpacking, furniture assembly etc. etc. and then we could have the front room and office back. Getting it finished by mid month was fortunate, as we had lot of guests over the holiday […]
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2019 – November
Work on the bathroom continues… There’s a bit of chaos inside, as all of the fixtures and fittings are delivered And outside, we go up in the world, so that Andy can touch up the paint before the scaffolding goes down. While there we got a couple of higher than usual views of the garden […]
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2019 – October
Next (Last for the time being) big project underway. An upstairs bathroom, to be built directly above the current bathroom. While the builders are here, I’m also getting a door moved. This will make the layout of the landing a lot easier to deal with, although it does mean a lot more disruption, with two […]