Well today was going to be one of those ‘do nothing’ days. Yeah right,….. took a look at the porcelain skirting board that’s been lurking in a corner of the kitchen since those nice Italians sent it over from…… Italy. Offered it up to the wall by the side of the kitchen units and came Read more about Saturday 19th December[…]

Tel left behind some DF Greive models that needed finishing as well as an unfinished Airfix kit of a Triumph Herald. I thought that I would finish off what he started and put them in the display case with the rest of the models that he completed. I deliberately did not redo or change anything Read more about Friday 18th December[…]

Well it’s been a while……. Quite a bit has happened since the last posting, the main point being that we lost Tel in September. He’d lived with us in the annex at the Tollgate in Whitchurch for over 10 years and had helped us to renovate the last three houses we owned. Had a good Read more about Wednesday 16th December[…]

Its a motor racing day today! Moto GP from Silverstone and then Indycar final race of the season. Tomorrow we’ll be going out somewhere……

Well that’s been a busy day! Yesterday we had the insurance company send out a team to investigate a water leak underground from the mains water supply somewhere on the the property. Turns out that its under the tarmaced drive so a temporary pipe was put in over the top to bypass the broken one. Read more about Saturday 29th August 2015[…]

Well the tiling’s almost completed. The floors all done even though I could have done with one more tile. I had to use a coupe of off cuts under the washing machine to fill the gap. If anyone wants to pull it out, point to the floor and call me a rank amateur, we can Read more about Wednesday 26th August 2015[…]

First day of my two week holiday!   .. well sort of…. when I say ‘holiday’ what I  really mean is two weeks  of working like a dog around the house wishing I was back at work where at least I was getting paid. My nephew came down and stayed over on Saturday so that Read more about Monday July 27th 2015[…]

Started clearing my desk and calendar for the my two weeks off starting on Monday. There’s something quite theraputic about going through the endless list of upcoming meetings and declining all the tedious stuff I usually can’t get out of. Watched the Tour de France, seems a lot more civilised when they close the roads Read more about Thursday 23rd July 2015[…]

Today is Monday, or as it’s known at work, multiple meeting Monday. Its got so bad that I didn’t even get a brew inside me until after 11:00 by which time i’d got very stressed, barked at several people, set fire to a portacabin and in a fit of pique, napalmed Cheltenham… See, this is Read more about Monday 20th July 2015[…]

Very hot today, went down to Andover garden centre with wife, father in law and his partner. Had breakfast and bought some plants. Got home and wife said that we needed some soil…. fairly sure we’re just been there but never mind, back in the car again, damn global warming, and back to Homebase. Four Read more about Sunday 19th July 2015[…]