This weekend I was hanging a door, and rehanging a door until I got it right. And this door weighs a ton! However now its done, I think it looks rather nice! It wasn’t helped by the builders making the … Continue reading
This week I’ve been doing a bit of tiling. First room is the cold store; it needed a floor. I’ve been picking up cheep tiles on offer at the DIY store, and thought I had enough to do a nice … Continue reading
I spent the weekend putting up the plasterboard in the new spare room. I’m trying to get a room completed so guests don’t have to sleep on the living room floor. I’ve got the ceiling, and most of 3 walls … Continue reading
I was interviewed for the Mike Parr breakfast show on radio cumbria, talking about our log boiler. You can catch it for one week only on BBC iPlayer first part is about 40mins in, second part at about 1hr 51mins.
Prince Charles has paid a visit to Cumbria to see how things are recovering after the floods. He spent time on Cockermouth high street ( which has only just reopened to traffic), and at Wordworth House. He also visited my … Continue reading
My work was badly flooded, haven’t heard the full extent of it yet. One of my colleagues took the following picture. Officially closed on Monday, except for key staff. I’m working from home for the until further notice.
We are all OK here in Johnby. Doing a lot better than Cockermouth and Keswick. This is the river in Cockermouth at lunch time on Thursday. Six hours later it was at least 8 foot higher. This is a balcony … Continue reading
We have now switched over to our new boiler and solar panels. The boiler heats up the two tanks The heating is then run from these tanks (we’ve disconnected the old oil combi). The hot water cylinder is heated by … Continue reading
We had a few days away last weekend ( more about that later), on the way we stopped off a Beachy Head