29th July 2026 - Susie's Birthday

Thought for the day :"I've been wanting to be a goat ever since I was a kid."

Wet  (just a little)

Work day with Chris again - Cutting the Laurel pathway down to the Greenhouse today and clearing the foliage above Meerkat Mountain.

Susie's Birthday today so a family gathering was great, and joined by Cat , Sarah, Dave and Zephyr.

Steak Dinner and a bottle of wine

Stu however brought me a Christmas Present from his HEMA group - some fully working shields 

Gonna find a good place for them 

 

But the saga of the Laurel hedges and the Ash

nest not in use

How we started the day 

TEN applied for for the August Bank Holiday Tavern Opening 

Cheers 

 

23rd July 2026 - And Beer Garden Roof is finished

Thought for the day :"Just swapped our Bed for a Trampoline. The Missus hit the roof."

Dry 

Roof is finished - thanks to David and Sarah 

Still need a ridge on the tope and guttering to be fixed sometime before August BH 

But still an awesome job of work ..

In other tasks - went to Carmarthen to get change for the tavern - oops - have left it in the Volvo in the layby - need to pick up tomorrow.  Bought the stock required for the weekend 

Made a bit of a boo boo - forgot that IO have an extra Cwrw Teifi  in the shed so now have three Cwrw Teifi and one Rock steady to try to get rid of this weekend - maybe the Johnny y Gwas will have a cheap barrel  after the weekend ..   

Stock all in place and James and Yuen arrived this evening before the concert tomorrow 

All finished that can be finished before the weekend 

Didn't get the extra posters out - ho hum - I think that we will have a good crowd anyway 

Cheers 

22nd July 2026 - New Roof for the Beer Garden

Thought for the day :"When I get something stuck in my throat, I just dislodge it with a cold beer. It's called the Heineken Manoeuvre.."

Dry

A Chris Day - so many pallets found,  High Roses chopped back, Beer Garden undergrowth removed, metal pole taken to the pontoon, found some extra Bar Stools, ripped tent gathered in and ready for repair, Kissing Gate brought to the house as are two styles, sure to find a use somewhere...

Realised I had not taken photos of the Mr & Mrs Baum bunting and the wedding bunting 

And Dave and Zephyr !!

the beer Garden Roof !!!

Should be finished tomorrow 

Cheers 

21st July 2026 - Signs out again and ducks cleaned

Thought for the day :"As I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I remember that you can't always trust Google Maps."

Dry

Cleaned the dusks out as it was not as hot as the last few days .

But the gardens are still full of colour.

 

A new consecration of  Court of Athelstan is due - but it will be on 1st August when I am en-route to Germany.

Met with Charlotte from next door in the Romany Caravan. Did the lawns for her and looks good.

And James Hollingsworth posted a few pictures for his Friday Night Concert

Been  a techie day - Sum Up Machine failed - well rather the app failed and two hours on the help chatbot and cat person did not assist. In the end, turned it off in frustration. Worked an hour later when I switched on !!

Meanwhile - WiFi in the tavern failed - spent a while resetting the mesh system, managed to get up to two repeaters, third keeps failing - may have to start againin the morning.

  

Cheers

20th July 2026 - and breathe

Thought for the day :"I took a video of someone having a quick haircut the other day; it was only a short clip."

Dry

just a TillyVision

cheers

19th July 2026 - the aftermath

Thought for the day :"A tourist asked me the way to Selfridges - I suggested Ebay"

Dry 

More wedding photos 

cheers