The rain starts, the rain stops, starts again and gets heavier. Our visitors, Simon, Eloisa and Lorenzo, due to continue their holiday further north, turn south and head for home. Within two hours the sun is out and the next day is sunny. When to cut your losses; a tricky call. At least they hadContinue reading “Summer rain”
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Life post-‘completion’
AAA I took the car to Kilmartin for it to fail the MOT. Had a nice walk by Kilmartin burn, no sign of spawning salmon or seatrout; plenty of weed still evident. I also noticed a field maple, that lover of calcareous conditions, reflecting the burn’s locally unusual pH balance. Driving both there and backContinue reading “Life post-‘completion’”
“A bit autumnal”?
1 August 2024: I’m thinking fish and Tash is thinking fungi. She says, It’s probably time we went to check for chanterelles don’t you think? I agree. Although I’d not have got round to it quite yet, last year we did feel we’d missed the best of the penny buns and early chanterelles. We agreeContinue reading ““A bit autumnal”?”
Piddling pipe problem
Weds: They took away the second mouldy sofa, then I mixed mortar and made the final seals on the drainage inspection chambers and shifted some more barrows of aggregate to fill up a low spot where a puddle fills between house and workshop. Before lunch, and clutching the mysteriously problematic plumbing joint, I walked downContinue reading “Piddling pipe problem”
A sustainable house for unsustainable times... 