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I can’t believe that it has been five months since I last posted on this blog.  A lot has been happening but mostly small things, the next round of building will be in February when the double glazing arrives and the plumber and electrician get started.  I think I will just have a ramble aboutContinueContinue reading “Has it really been five months . . .”

It’s been a couple of months since my last post so there is quite a lot to report.  We are surviving the winter, which has been quite extreme at times, but more on that later.  Sitting in my favourite chair by the fire helps ease the pain.  Sometimes even falling asleep in that same favouriteContinueContinue reading “Waiting for spring . . .”

My prior adventures with the Federal police have not come back to haunt me . . . I mean the house is locked up. On Tuesday 7th May we finally finished filling in the north wall with iron which will stay in place til the glazing is installed after Christmas.  The house is now weatherproofContinueContinue reading “Locked up at last!!!”

Well, it’s been a month since I posted an update.  Life has been full as usual.  Let’s start with the house itself, the roof is on at last, first the purlings went on, then the sarking, then the iron.  It was a big job and the four days we were on the roof it wasContinueContinue reading “Getting closer . . .”

75mm of rain in the last five days, and more coming.  Everything is cool and damp.  I could have guessed it would rain as we have just paid for a tank full of water, c’est la vie!  So the past two days have been spent digging ditches to direct the run-off from our garden asContinueContinue reading “Rain at last . . .”