Weather is still great, and work on the stable block is ripping along. But we do feel sorry for the young lad who has been assigned the task of chipping out all the old mortar from between the stones. It’s not a particularly large building, but it still must be an interminable job. Up to [...]
A week since building work started on the stable block and it is going well. Luckily, the weather is good but, even so, progress is very encouraging. First job was to clear the rubbish out of the stables and break up the concrete floor that covered one half of it. Our neighbour (whose family were [...]
Amazing! The builders have turned up to start work on the stable block. Why is that amazing? Because today is the day they said they would turn up – and we have heard so many tales about builders . . . But we had a good feeling about this crew right from the start. When [...]
I bought a poppy today. In a Safeway supermarket, from an old soldier wearing more medals than an African despot – but every one of them earned, no doubt. Even with his octogenarian stoop, he stood at about 6’2”, with his beret on his head and the medals displayed in three rows over the breast [...]