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A nice day – but…
This morning R and I went for a walk along the side of the River Eden. It is a particularly pretty bit called the “Orchard Walk” with lots of fruit trees (the fruit…
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A blast from the past
Today we had a visit from a gentleman who lived in Castlebank house in 1970s and his wife. We turned out to have quite a lot in common as they used to live…
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There’s a sign on the wall…
I put the sign up today having finished painting the fence. However I then had to prep and prime all the metal hinges on the gates and then paint both gates. There were…
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New plumbing finished
That is the new basement central heating installed – new boiler, pipes and radiator. While we were at it, we also got a new downstairs toilet suite (the original was 1980s peach). When…
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Prince Albert in his “throne room”
The blanket ladder I made in my woodwork class and named Albert has now been varnished and settled into the new bathroom. I would still call him a towel rack – but regardless…
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New plumbing
The central heating in the basement has been shot ever since we moved in. We originally had a firm of plumbers in to look at fixing it, but this proved to be impossible,…
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