Renovation Blog

3 October - Staggering
I have a day at a friend's stag do and come second in the go-karting.

9 October - Electricity
Having fixed the broadband problems a couple of days ago, today the electricity people came to remove the overhead cables, having connected us via a new underground connection. I told them to mind the telephone cable... I'll let you fill in the rest of the story: No phone or internet for three days.

12 October - Floor sanding
I am cracking on with one of the bedrooms, sanding the floor and getting it ready to decorate. The windows are back in and painted too.

15 October - Wallpapering

The rest of the family join in with the wallpapering

19 October - Champagne! At last, after just 22 months, we have received permission (with some conditions) to do the work on our kitchen - hurray!

23 October - Painting I've just spent a few days helping a friend re-decorate his hall - more days in the bank.

26 October - Pigging

It is the time of our yearly pig and wild boar event - making sausages, salamis, bacon, ham etc. to last us through the next year.