Water, water, everywhere

Dales Diary

Apr 302016

Everywhere you go there are limestone falls, like these in Bainbridge. thumb_IMG_4765_1024

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The birds are still a major distraction

Published on June 13, 2016
Seeing more of the grandchildren – just heaven

Published on June 12, 2016
The soft furnishing begins – curtains, curtains and more curtains

Published on June 10, 2016
The machines are out of wraps

Published on June 9, 2016
The Dales Olympics…

Published on May 30, 2016
We have wisteria

Published on May 26, 2016
Thank you everyone for a lovely surprise. I cried quite a lot – but happy tears.

Published on May 24, 2016
Walk back from the garage

My car went into the garage for something car-related this morning - the garage is in Leyburn proper, about a… Read more…

Published on May 24, 2016
The birds are fearless

There's an old arch thing getting in the way, so I propped it up against the kitchen window while I… Read more…

Published on May 24, 2016
But it didn’t rain

Published on May 24, 2016
The roofing man said to dry the chimney out.

so I took my courage in both hands and lit the stove. No dramas, no chimney fire, all good. It's… Read more…

Published on May 24, 2016
Bundle’s birthday party – this is why we moved

I takes just over an hour to get to Kate in Sheffield. I can pop down, or she can pop… Read more…

Published on May 24, 2016
This is the bag I got my velcro packaged in… We have a posh shop in Leyburn.

Published on May 24, 2016
The machines have come out of storage!!

which makes me very happy.

Published on May 24, 2016
Dogs not permitted in the loo

Then I lost it with the ghastly dogs in the downstairs loo... A fingernail under the edge of the wallpaper… Read more…

Published on May 24, 2016
And the blue kitchen…

Having decided that the kitchen was unbearable, even just pro tem (cold, dark, depressing...), I then panicked and chose a… Read more…

Published on May 24, 2016
Been quiet – been busy…

So the floor was the main thing, and I got the one smaller room done:

Published on May 23, 2016
Thinking of Jules and Tim…

Andrew and his golfing pals from Burnham decided last year (when it looked like we would be lucky to move… Read more…

Published on May 16, 2016
The floor – really boring, but I’m really chuffed…

Published on May 14, 2016
The walk home from a different pub

We can step out of the door and walk to eight or nine pubs - we're doing them one at… Read more…

Published on May 13, 2016
And a really bad case of the blues

Hideous colour of the kitchen cupboards. I thought I could live with it until the time comes for a new… Read more…

Published on May 12, 2016
Scrubbers elbow

The tiles are going to be a tad thinner, I think, with the amount of scrubbing - but small progress… Read more…

Published on May 12, 2016
We have internet!

British Telecom has overcome its reticence and we now have wires to the outside world. They're a bit thin, and a… Read more…

Published on May 11, 2016
The view from upstairs, this morning

A bit gloomy today, which is a shame, but since I have to change the door handles it's no bad… Read more…

Published on May 11, 2016
Digging for – for the fun of it, I suppose

The weather has been amazing, so even though I should be indoors ticking things off the list, I somehow found… Read more…

Published on May 9, 2016
Housemaid’s Knee

A bit difficult to see, but these are the tiles in the dining room. And the whitish corner at the… Read more…

Published on May 8, 2016
Molly loves it – which is half the reason for being here

We went to Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. We walked 6 miles. We hadn't intended to, obviously, but she just… Read more…

Published on May 7, 2016
The walk to the pub – well, someone has to do it…

Published on May 7, 2016
Water, water, everywhere

Everywhere you go there are limestone falls, like these in Bainbridge.

Published on April 30, 2016
Bad flat-pack day

Not really - but it took longer to demolish Bundle's old bed than to build the new one. Unlike IKEA… Read more…

Published on April 29, 2016
And then the snow was gone…

But almost prettier with the thaw - the snow stayed on the tops for a week. We went walking in… Read more…

Published on April 28, 2016
Proper snow!

Within a week we had a fall of snow. We couldn't believe our luck. It was beautiful.

Published on April 27, 2016
T’was on a Monday morning

That's the British Gas man - thank heavens for Homecare. We have switches, but can't find what they turn on.… Read more…

Published on April 27, 2016
Thank you all for the lovely cards and gifts!

Also in this pic please notice the desperate colour scheme. After the roof, the kitchen is the next job on… Read more…

Published on April 26, 2016
Pheasants everywhere

They come to mop up under the bird feeder.

Published on April 25, 2016
Right foot, left foot

Our first walk - out of the door and onto the hills.

Published on April 24, 2016
Cats – generous to a fault

Happy cats - they now bring home baby rabbits. Half-eaten, you understand, so as to leave the other half for… Read more…

Published on April 21, 2016
Monty mows

First things first. Monty began the thankless task of mowing the moss. There is no lawn. Just moss. Still, it's… Read more…

Published on April 18, 2016
Unpacking – even less fun than packing

(We didn't burn the boxes - they got made down flat, to be used as building blocks at Bundle's 5th… Read more…

Published on April 12, 2016
The wallpaper in the loo…

How on earth had we missed this? Not only dogs on the paper, but the smell of dog IN… Read more…

Published on April 5, 2016
Moving day

The lads from Yeates got us here in exactly the right number of pieces.

Published on April 5, 2016