Rob on August 22nd, 2007

According to the news this morning, Hurricane Dean is still racing around the Gulf of Mexico and over the Yucatan Peninsula. However, whatever the news reports say, I have corroborated evidence that she has never been to Mexico. Eye-witness accounts say that the only place she has been seen racing around is our garden. Just [...]

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Rob on August 20th, 2007

O frabjous Day! Not only has the weather cheered up a bit, but I had a little trip out to Trealy Farm, epicentre of the British hand made charcuterie industry. I have been in correspondence with James at Trealy Farm about making something to order for us. Bespoke sausage making, how’s that for a deal? [...]

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Rob on August 19th, 2007

Amazing . . . it is five years to the day since we moved in to Aspen House. That means it is halfway through our 10-year plan, at the end of which we ere going to give it all up. So anyone out there who wants to visit us, you’d better make it in the [...]

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Rob on August 15th, 2007

I know, I know, I’ve already said something about the weather. But it’s just so cold and clammy! It’s like November. If this keeps up, we will have to put the heating on. What will that do to our carbon footprint? And it will be no good saying, “We did it for the guests.” The [...]

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Rob on August 14th, 2007

Well, as predicted, it is wet. It has to be said that it’s been a funny year so far. The weather has been all over the place, and our flora and fauna have remained confused all summer. We have some honeysuckle growing up our pergola. Back in the spring it leapt upwards like a thing [...]

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