Month: March 2020

Lockdown hairdressing Everyone has had to adapt to the new restrictions and few know the hardship experienced more than me and Adam, who now attend the Salon-Du-Rachel a few times a month to get our ears lowered. Now, when we first went into Lockdown I think Rachel was actually quite excited about having a go…

Nature calls Given we’re not supposed to be anywhere near anyone and still get plenty of time outdoors, heading up to the hall seems like a fairly good option for us today. We’re going to spend the time in the car alone then spend more time in the countryside, most likely alone until I remember…

Home-school of hard knocks Setting a home-schooling timetable isn’t altogether straightforward and I don’t really think I appreciated this until Lockdown. The kids school has had this dropped on them with little warning so they’re doing a mix of jobs at the minute having to provide cover for key-worker families whilst also look into making…

Picking Out Before we can look at pointing any of the outside walls, there are a few areas which we need to knock down and rebuild. These are mostly the slopping out holes which have been crudely walled up and filled over the years so they need a bit of attention. Given how long it’s…

Mould, but not old Mould So, somewhat depressingly after spending so much time getting the beams cleaned up and then so much money on getting the hall painted I arrive to find the beams have gone all mouldy. Small, white/blue spots have appeared indicating mould spores have started to breed on our still slightly damp…

Life in the old boiler yet.. I don’t like seeing useful things go to waste, the scrapyard or worst still, landfill so when we started looking for a log burner for the hall I put a few feelers out and it turned out Tom had just the thing, quietly rusting in the back of his…