Machine Room

The room is almost finished the ceiling has been re-boarded and plastered and we have decorated and painted, laid a new carpet.  Just waiting for a new blind should be here soon.

Every thing has been washed and oiled the machines have not looked so clean in years.

We have rearranged the room so that all three machines can be used at the same time and it has given us a lot more space.

My automatic machine is now in front of the window so I can look out at the garden, draw back is I can see what needs to be done.  It will be a lot better when the blind is up as this room gets a lot of sun in the afternoons.

Alan's House UK

We went up to Bristol this weekend to check out the house and to go to Daniel's party.

Here are some pictures of Patrick and Barry haymaking.

The front and back lawn looked like a field 

Patrick working on the back lawn

They spent a lot of time renewing the cord and cleaning out the grass

The broken fence panel

Almost finished

We left the garden looking much better

Rain Rain Rain

The rain started before Christmas and went on and on, when we returned from a lovely trip with Alan, Siew Gin and the boys we noticed something on the ceiling in the extension but no water coming in.

Within a few days we had this.

The surveyor informed us it was plaster fungus it appears there was a small hole in the roofing felt and the water had been seeping in and it looks like the some of the roof timbers will have to be replaced as well as the roof.

Patrick managed to remove the fungus and all of the ceiling tiles and we have been waiting for the contractors to come and repair the roof before we can take down the ceiling and have it replaced.

Patrick's Easter Holiday

We were so far behind with the garden due to the bad weather that we decided to spend the time getting the back garden into some kind of shape and we are very pleased with the results although so tired we can hardly stay awake when we sit down.  We should have taken pictures before we started showing all the weeds.

   Before we started to put up the fence to divide the vegetables from the flowers again the bad weather blew down our old fence.

New fence up

Patrick mulching the flower beds, they had been weeded and treated and I do not know how many wheelbarrows it took to cover all the beds.

The rockery had a make over

Patrick then dug the veg patch

 Me in the greenhouse potting up, Patrick managed to cut off my head.

Patrick's Tree

Patrick is always happy when the tree at the top of our garden comes out in full leave it is always a great colour and we know that summer won't be long.

We can remember how small this tree used to be when we moved in must try and find a picture.

Classic Mini Day

At the end of  Barry, Jake and Daniel's visit we had to help out at the Classic Mini Day and they were very good and came along to give us a hand.

A picture of the Osbourne family who organised this event to raise funds for Motor Neurone Disease, the gentleman in the middle with white hair and a beard is Roger who owns the Mill and kindly lets them used it for the day, Hannah is standing on his right in the picture and she is the event organiser.

Our stand Jake got the balloons blown up and with Barry's help the stand was up in no time at all.

The Osbourn's they are hoping to raise £2,000 this year this is the fourth year they have organised this event.

Classic Cars

More Classic cars I did not have my camera so no pictures of any of us

Day out with the boys

Barry brought Jake and Daniel down to stay for a few days and on the Saturday we decided to take a trip to Minehead on the Steam Train it was a lot warmer than the trip we made with Alan and Cody on that occasion we only went a few stops.

Picture of Barry and Daniel on the way to Minehead taken by Jake.

Jake and Grandma tucking into the chocolate

Train coming into Minehead picture by Jake

A game of crazy golf

Jake and Daniel 

Almost at the end

Our train getting ready to return to Minehead

Raising Awareness Taunton

We had an Awareness Day at the Orchard Shopping centre in Taunton although the local still refer to it as the Pig Market.

Not many photo's as Patrick and I set up the stand and did the first shift then it was back home to get on with a lot of outstanding jobs.

We were in a terrible position not a lot of foot traffic and a very large poster behind the stand but all in all a good day got the message out to a lot of people.

Patrick did a good job setting up the stand

Time to hand over and off for a cup of coffee it is not the same balloons

DAMP

We have had a lot of heavy rain and flooding in Somerset, we have been quite lucky only problem was a roof tile off at Christmas but unfortunately the rain has come in through our South wall.

We need work on the roof and the wall has to be re pointed but the worse thing is our lovely hydrangea that we have been growing for many years has had to be cut down so that the work can be carried out as soon as the weather improves.

When we started the sun was shining on the wall

This was taken later in the day and you can see where the main branches were clinging to the wall

End of a Lovely Visit

We had a lovely time with all the family over Christmas and we were very sad when Alan, Siew Gin, Tyler, and Cody had to go home

Leaving Heathrow