Month: December 2017
First Frost
18/12/2017
Beautiful calm sunny day and our first frost of the season – way behind most of the rest of the country! Maggie enjoyed it, along with our new additions, 3 welsh ponies on loan to help conserve the coastal area by eating all the young gorse shoots and other unwanted vegetation. They will be with...
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Debbie in tractor action!
13/12/2017
Slightly scary, but yesterday Debbie was at the wheel of the new tractor! This was her first time on a tractor of this size and made a little more difficult with the front loader on. Nothing damaged!
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Planning
08/12/2017
Planning for the house and holiday lets was submitted on 10th November 2017, apparently we should get a decision by January 20th 2018. We were obviously rather ambitious (and naïve) in thinking we would be able to move into our renovated farmhouse by the end of March! This is when we have to move out...
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Yard block-wall coming down…
05/12/2017
Since we arrived, the block wall in the yard has been getting in the way of the views a bit. Blockwork is never the prettiest! This is what it looked like… Until… man with a sledgehammer got to work. As always, our watch-word here is “safety”… But not “safety-net”…Still need to clear the rubble, but...
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Pond update… now with water!
05/12/2017
As winter is upon us, the dry pond is no longer dry. Here’s a few of Debbie’s shots of the watery pond…
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