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  • 2021 – September

    2021 – September

    Some lovely warm weather at the start of the month. We made the most of it. Lots of viisitors and trips out too. Back at home, we took delivery of some nice outdoor furniture (and tested it too). It gave Andrew a new job – oiling all of the teak. The benches are to be […]

  • 2020 – August

    2020 – August

    Hello and welcome to the first post at the new home for the blog. The format hasn’t changed, it’s still a monthly post of general progress, and lots of pictures. One experimental change is how the pictures are shown. The previous method I used is not available with this new host. So for now only […]

  • 2020 – July

    Hurrah! Lockdown has eased a little, and we’ve been making the most of the ‘households allowed to meet’ rule. We’ve also ventured afield a little this month, as well as making the most of the good weather when it was around. Visitors! Including the now traditional ‘Tide Bell Selfies’, and somebody’s birthday! Out and about […]

  • 2019 – September

    The weather is changing, and so are a few other things: A lot of time has been spent picking apples. Those that we aren’t going to use or store are being sent to be turned into cider at Skidbrooke Cider Company Other crops including the largest tomato, and the tastiest cherry toms – sungold. In […]

  • 2019 – August

    Summer sunshine means lots of visitors, and time spent in the garden and on the beach. Alex was still here at the start of the month, so we put him to work. We had an overflow tent in the garden (The cats wouldn’t allow Fitz the dog in the house…) The mobile country cottage turned […]