Author Archives: Grace

Here we go. Work starts tomorrow. Like for real. Like on the real house. Just on the foundations, and probably just pushing earth around, but I am still pretty gutted that I won’t be there because I’ve got one more … Continue reading →

Sarah-May, one of my all-time favourite people, came up and used her narrow boat electric system knowledge to help us scalp the bits from the caravans (which are on mains electric now) and wire up the two sleeping sheds with … Continue reading →

The council have got back to me on the subject of sewer connections vs. on-site composting, and they still, despite it being carefully explained to them, regard a composting toilet as a cesspit. This is troubling. A cesspit is a … Continue reading →

Well, since I was building a wendy house in the wood and since it would overlook the bluebells, I thought, heck, why not make a couple of double-glazed windows? How hard can it be? The first one wasn’t too difficult, … Continue reading →

I totally saw a deer this morning on the drive while I was emptying out the tiles I bought on ebay and collected yesterday. It was a beautiful young doe, fairly unflustered that I was watching her. She stood and … Continue reading →