Don’t you just hate it when you get back from holiday and your spam filters have reset and your inbox is full of annoying unwanted stuff. All mended now and everything is happy. Now we just need to get a … 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
To celebrate we had a day out, and stopped worrying about all the building work, or wool orders. We went to Ennerdale Water where we had a walk along the lake, the weather was rainy showers – a bit like … Continue reading
Katia gave birth to a bouncing billy kid at about 2:30pm today. Mother and son are doing fine.
Cecilia’s brother Henry (+ wife Anna) who live next door at the Hall are opening up as a B & B, you can see the details if you go to the home page of our site . To support this … Continue reading
Cecilia has been busy knitting for our new nephew ( born last week). Here are Cecilia, and two grandparents with Nicholas
Cecilia is to be interviewed at home by BBC Look North ( local news), they particularly want to film her spinning. Cecilia was last seen rushing around in a mad panic screaming about the state of (un)tidiness of the house.