So the guy from the stove place said his best guess for the cost of scaffolding, since the chimney pot is insufficiently secure, would be an additional £600!!! I could buy enough for less than that and do that bit of the job myself. Not only that but I’d also need scaff for repointing the […]
The weather has turned brilliant today. The wind’s dropped, the sun’s out and it’s a couple of degrees warmer. As the saying goes, it’s the difference between ‘Oh’ and ‘Ahhhhh’. Yesterday, Munchkin was on the beach in a shortie and borderline hypothermic. Today her and doglet ran around the beach at Dunrobin Castle in a
That’s us for our summer holiday up in Dornoch, on the North East coast of Scotland. There’s a large and gorgeous beach between the campsite and the Arctic Ocean. The latter is providing the icy cold wind driving across the site. It’s dry and sunny though, so not really complaining. Besides, both the children just
Friday it didn’t rain. It’s not pleasant refreshing outbursts either. Not 10 minutes and it’s done. No. How much more do we have to endure? Summer? Please?
It’s supposed to be summer. In fact it has been raining constantly for weeks. Really, apart from a couple of days in the last month it has been significantly wet every day. Right now I’m lying in bed and there are great big heavy gobs of rain banging on the window. For heavens sake, it’s
That’s right people. Finally, beyond all expectation I have
She gets stressed when Debs is on edge and Canada are 2:1 up to the US in the men’s ice hockey final; for gold. Two minutes to go… It doesn’t get more exciting for a Canadian!
In both all senses. We’ve been back from Canada since the 5th of January. We’ve been back on-line since about a week after that. And now, dear reader, we’re back at the blog. So, what’s been happening I hear you cry! Sorry, speak up at the back there, you’re supposed to be asking what’s been
Not the midge nets in this instance, though they are just great – give that man / woman a nobel prize for services to the outdoor minded, forthwith. What’s even better is you can drink beer through them, though it does leave a bit of a residue which smells like a pub carpet in the
I just agreed over the phone to pay huge sums of money to someone else until I’m 60 years old. That’s nearly as old as my wife is today. Holy cow! Even worse, she’ll be a hundred and umpty teenth by the time it’s paid off…