House – A Few Quirkes

The wall is done

telboy2 — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:40:57 +0000

So now the re-pointing is finished. The mud between the stones has been replaced by beautiful lime mortar.

It took us 4 weeks each of work. So quite a substantial effort and a learning experience along the way as we learned and adapted the techniques for applying the mortar. The stones needed a good clean at the end and it was clear the applying and smoothing of the mortar improved as experience was gained.

Now will be the time to turn it into a better entertainment area and zone space. We will see.

More autumnal light

telboy2 — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:58:57 +0000

The stream at the bottom of the garden

Enjoying the quiet, the sounds of the hunt and the light

More like autumn

telboy2 — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:36:13 +0000

End if the day after working in the open barn.

It is colder today after some unseasonable warm weather. It has been raining and the wind has taken more of the leaves off the trees.

The Tour is coming soon

telboy2 — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:03:57 +0000

The race arrives on Friday with part of the route through St. Gilles vieux marché.

And the local route:

Garden

telboy2 — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 14:55:59 +0000

It is currently warm and dry. The grass is growing more slowly; which is good.

We are working on the wild flower development with some small success. More seeding done after grass removal with the expectation that we will achieve some flowering success.

There are some flowers out that the insects like.

The Orchard

telboy2 — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:42:26 +0000

The apple and pear trees have blossom, so more than others but a success all the same.

Another tree is being collected tomorrow to add to the collection and complete thecircle

The container has landed

telboy2 — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:09:53 +0000

The shipping container with the items we sent back from NZ arrived in Rotterdam about two weeks ago and turned up at the house yesterday in a big lorry. Not so much stuff, bit still, along with beds and memory boxes, the kitchen table which has been back and forth over the last 20 plus years in back in place.

Shaz and her serre

telboy2 — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:01:02 +0000

Shaz’s dream has been constructed. A high quality item made in Finistère which is more robust than the ones in the garden centre type places. After reading the insructions and watch the videos lots of times, she put it up with great success.

Moving on

telboy2 — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:33:43 +0000

As previously noted the family home has been sold. The settlement is due soon.

The last day is done for us, spent cleaning by someone and packing the car and stuff by someone else.

So just about 20 years to the day.

The view still looks good.

Sold

telboy2 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:43:22 +0000

Well, time to move on.

It was sold by auction- though there was only one bidder. So in reality negotiation done by the auctioneer.

The current market is certainly cooler than it has been. The local effects of the public sector job cuts seem apparent.

To the next phase.