Ellie
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Screed!
On the Monday of half term the guys for the floor screed turned up to screed the whole of our downstairs and cover up the pretty underfloor heating pipework!!! So glassy and pretty!! When it went off it went back to normal concrete though!! Can’t believe it was so wet on Monday then…
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Underfloor heating
The second week of February our lovely plumber Guy came to fit the underfloor heating pipework!!! Squeeeeeeee the house is moving along!!!!! But we had to wait until half term to see it, as both of us were working and I in fact was on a union rep course for two days and bunking over…
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More windows!!
The majority of the windows and doors are now in!!!! We even have ecopanes though I am not entirely sure what that means!! I am just sooooo pleased the place is soon to be watertight!!! Onwards!!!!!!
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Using the winch!!
James has fitted a winch to the front of Ally the gator with the help of a fabulous neighbour!! He decided to use it for hauling in some of the logs cut at the bottom of the hill by pipe stream and along the woodland edge of the field!! Here is gator, winch and trailer…
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More bramble destruction to start the new year
I have been hedge cuttering my way round the brambles in new orchard field and have now completed the first chop of the brambles in what will be our orchard….. And it’s HUGE!!!! We decided I must have cut about ten time a the size of our home garden in bramble patch!!! Before….. A bit…
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Oil delivery
We have been using the oil left by the previous owner for the burner in the tin hut for heating, and hot water by using the stove top kettles… But given the cold and the fact we have been lighting the stove most weekends….. We decided it was probably time to order some oil!!! James…
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Frost and ice
Upon our arrival just after Christmas at the farm we found it a bit icy and frosty!!! The ice on the hill past the mill road tested the little VW’s traction control to the max…. And then there were further patches of ice along the road…. But my drain clearing has paid off and the…
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Escaping sheep….
The second sheep related mayhem….. I was stood surveying the brambles left to hack up and something caught my eye from the corner near where we buried Polly… A white fluffy something, standing staring back at me chewing happily away on a mouthful of contraband grass!!! Damn sheep have made it the through the gap…
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Stuck sheep
Our field tenants, the sheep…. Mmmmm they have decided they can start to cause mayhem on the weekends we are there….. First incident….. Stuck in the brambles, so armed with gloves and secateurs James I trooped across the field to rescue it! as it seemed to have been in the brambles for a while given…