Celebrity Upcycling
Celebrity Upcycling Without naming names, it appears we have a celebrity neighbour who shares our builder Donald, doing some work on a property nearby. I haven’t met him (or her.. not giving anything away here! ..ok, it’s a him but I’m not telling you anything else!) but there are apparently a few windows being scrapped…
Birthday Week
Birthday Week So Emily, then me, then Adam all have birthdays within 5 days of each other in April and this one is a bit of a milestone for me, as I hit the big four-oh! We’ve talked about it though and I’ve already said I’m happy to just go for a meal somewhere or…
Windemere’s Roman Ruins & Running Amok
Windemere’s Roman Ruins & Running Amok Whilst we’re in the Lake District it wouldn’t be a break without at least a quick trip to Lake Windemere so we’re packed up and on our way to a sight Rachel has found for us to visit. Normally, this would be the part where I break off and…
Dacres Farm Camping Barn
Dacres Farm Camping Barn As promised, we’re back at Hilary’s bunk barn near Kendal for a weekend away with the kids. It’s moved on a little bit and the stables which were due to go up have been finished and we help bring the big balls of hay over to be hung up for the…
LegoLand Manchester
LegoLand Manchester Attending a charity fund raiser for the Rose Blossom Trust a few months ago, we won a family pass to the indoor Legoland Park at the Trafford Centre in Manchester. We seem to have had this on the to-do list for months but we’ve finally booked in and made it there. It’s really…
Street Sleep
Street Sleep Rachel’s latest charity event is this years street-sleep in support of the Wigan homelessness charity The Brick. The first one she did was uncomfortable, the second was almost a washout when the heavens opened and this years is being held in the walkways of the Wigan Athletic stadium. Whether it’s because of the…
Snow in summer.
Snow in summer. With the roof on and a delivery of 100mm solid foam insulation still to go in, my main focus at the moment is to get cut and installed. This is easier said than done though as, from the outside the beams were in nice straight lines, the panels could easily have been…