28th February 2025 - Logs done in the lower quarter

Thought for the day :"We tell Actors to ‘break a leg  because every play has a cast."

Dry

2025 : Wet 28 : Dry 30

And so all the major logs in the lower quarter - the ash die back fellings have been reduced

still have some branches to complete and working on a plan to make brush fences on the border

Cheers,

27th February 2025 - Lower Quarter

Thought for the day :"I got thrown out of my local park after arranging the squirrels by height. They didn't like me critter sizing. 🐿️"

Dry

2025 : Wet 28 : Dry 29

Another day of work in the lower quarter

Moving forward 

Pallets for a pathway due to the excesses of mud... 

Cheers !

26th February 2025 - Snowbells and Good deeds

Thought for the day :"“I told the Inland Revenue I don’t owe them a penny because I don't live inland - I live by the seaside.”

Wet (though dry most of the day - tipped down this evening)

2025 : Wet 28 : Dry 28

Walked the dogs up to Halwen Hall and enjoyed a bit of sunshine

Took some pictures of the dragons with the snow-bells and Daffs

Susie cleared the driveway waterway, and I went to Only Pets and Ponies for chopped wheat for chicken bedding and some dog chews.

Met with a lady called Julie who has just moved into Pentrecwrt and has problems as her lorry is stuck off the drive and she needs a delivery of hay before her horses arrive next weekend. 

Shared Whatsapp numbers and will see if I can find her some and someone to deliver - good deed for the day. Has a lovely chocolate collie - four year old - haven't seen that exact colour before - reminded me of Rusty but darker  

In other news:-
this afternoon we suddenly heard a great crash on the lane above the house , and we headed out thinking that maybe someone had fallen foul of the road subsidence..  It seems that an EVRI driver ( or similar) had moved to the left at the bollards and had hit some trees that were sticking out - and this had ripped the Luton section of the van - which is fibreglass - but had taken the whole corner out.

So after they took the necessary pictures for their insurance, I took my trusty chainsaw up and managed to get another wheel barrow full of logs - as if I needed them at the moment ...

 

 

Cheers !

25th February 2025 - And attacking the Woodpile

Thought for the day :"“I was playing chess with my friend and he said, ‘Let’s make this interesting’. So we stopped playing chess.”
– Matt Kirshen

Dry

2025 : Wet 27 : Dry 28

A surprisingly sunny and warm day and Zephyr popped down to help with the wood pile 

Obligatory before picyure

So wet and so Muddy ! especially with the trailer being pulled through the mud

But stuff is growing below the mud..

And Zephyr at work 

Cleared a lot in 2.5 hours - happy with the progress

Evening meeting for Picton Castle Mark Masters as James Ross the PGM for the Craft in West wales joins the Order. 

Cheers !

24th February 2025 - Green Eggs and Greenery

Thought for the day :"“Toughest job I ever had was selling doors, door-to-door.” 
– Bill Bailey

Wet

2025 : Wet 27 : Dry 27

Very windy yesterday - tarpaulin over the boxes - given up with attaching it to the roof sections.

Down at the chicken coop today and one of our hens is now laying green eggs again - I think it may be Lilac but we thought that she was well past her laying days - she came to us from Llanelli

A couple of shots of the gardens from the road - it is clearing - really !

(dodging between the showers)

 

Toby is at the raises trout pond

and the view back to the house where Susie is clearing the banks 

Sun shining through the trees over the river..

Cheers

23rd February 2025 - More Storms and getting wet

Thought for the day sometimes: "Sometimes I just tuck my knees against my chest and lean forward that's how I roll!"

Wet 

2025 : Wet 26 : Dry 27

And windy

Got up this morning and it was very wet and windy. It was the second today running I have had to forgo the tarpaulin over the beer garden. There is no way it can remain there with this sort of wind. Sadly everything I took out from the tunnel yesterday in order to make room for the concrete slab for the new cooker will all be getting soaking wet. There are a number of cardboard boxes full of Wade that will probably fall apart now. 

Mark and Meringue left early this morning after breakfast though they managed to do a walk with Nora the little beagle cross spaniel for about an hour in the rain. Neither of my dogs look as though they are interested in going out. 

The water is breaking over the fields again though it is not spilling from our throat pool anymore the course of the river is obviously changed quite a bit. 

The wind is also coming from the wrong direction so the patio is completely soaked which my spare shoes and my wellies.

Yes a day to stay in doors !!

Outside there are some signs of spring

Cheers 

22nd Feburary 2025 - Around the gardens with Friends

Thought for the day :" I bought my friend an elephant for his room. He said “Thanks!” I said “Don’t mention it.”

dry 

2025 : Wet 25 : Dry 27

Was delighted to find that the weather was being kind for our visitors and we had a good walk with all the dogs. We had a good walk around the gardens as well ..

But as the weather was good we of course had a visit with the horses. And a beer and a Gin and Tonic 

But that was the morning 

By the afternoon Dave and Sarah and Zephyr were back to put down the slab and Mark helped me with the unloading of the cooking range.
All put under cover but not confident that it will last the storms overnight.

But grateful that they came around even though it was getting late. 

cheers 

21st February 2025 - Making room in the tunnel

Thought for the day :"“My New Year’s resolution was to get in shape. I chose round.”
– Sarah Millican

Wet and blowy

2025 : Wet 25 : Dry 26

Well, with the weekend coming up and the possibility of Dave and Zephyr coming up to put down a concrete slab for the cooker, I started removing boxes from the tunnel and put the tarpaulin back on the beer garden to protect ..

Pictures in reverse order I Am afraid 

But ready at the end 

 

Friday, so Mark and Meringe arrived but delayed due to the bad weather - bringing our new tents .

Will sort the out over the weekend

Cheers