A Rural Experience

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Well it's been a while, again, but I think winter is finally over and there is lot's going on again. It wasn't a great winter, Andy was away for 3 months and I ended up with no electric or telephone for at least a week, after some very heavy snowfall.

The best discovery yet (no not the tank!)

Money has been really tight (again) recently but we've now found a fantastic business opportunity that we think is going to see us through. My sister recommended that we join Agel as they were not only a great company but they had a brand new product, which they had, recently begun marketing. As usual, I took my sisters advice and much to my delight, she was right.

Sewerage Search Part 2

The hunt continues for the septic tank. The secondary plan was postponed for a few weeks as the suggester of the plan thought the ground would be too wet. But then the day came…….

Sewerage Search

It is the hunting season at the moment, but we prefer to leave the wildlife to enjoy this land as we do. The hunts we go on are for much more personal things.

When we first moved here, we had no idea where the septic tank was situated. All we knew was that it had been fitted sometime in the late eighties/early nineties and that it was probably enough to accommodate 4 people. As the main house will be accommodating 8-10 people then we will probably need a bigger tank but in order to confirm this, we must find the existing one.

The hunt was on…

Moving along

Things are really moving along now, at last. In the next two weeks we will be taking delivery of the enormous beam to allow the living room wall to be knocked through making an extra large area. So if there are any strong men out there, looking for some beam lifting experience, then please let us know.

Turtle Rescue 2

Tara the terrapin is staying, it’s official. After days of trying to communicate with various different people on the subject of what to do with her, it seems that they either don’t care or can’t be bothered to help her.

Turtle Rescue

Andy doesn’t go out and come back with a stray kitten like normal people. Oh no, he has to come back with a turtle!!

River, Andy and Floor Sealing

Here’s a photo of the river at the moment. It looks very pretty with all the irises out. Shame they don’t last very long. The whole place is looking incredibly green and bushy now.

Lightning Strikes Twice

The thunderstorms are continuing and although we think they are great, they do create some expensive problems. We were woken up at about 7.00am on Saturday morning, with a big one. Thunder storm that is. It was grumbling and raining like it does and then BANG! What was that? And what was that terrible smell of burning?

Strange goings on in the vegetable garden.

I've noticed a few thing happening in the vegetable garden which are a bit bizzare. I planted out lots of seeds yesterday. These included Broad and French beans, sweetcorn, spinach, rocket etc.