Freezing Temperatures and Ice Stops Work
We decided that it was too icy in the freezing temperatures we had over night (well below zero all night) and the concrete has lots of patches of frozen water…
Jury Service Stops Work!
It was completely out of the blue a letter arrived in November to inform us that Stephen was required to make himself available for Jury Service at Norwich Crown Court…
Illness with a Cold Virus
We had another round with the cold virus, putting Worker Shaun out of action this last week. Worker Stephen was able to carry on with only an occasional assistance to…
Drained Rainwater Away off the Floor Slab
This afternoon, we got out our submersible pump and connected up with some 32mm bore plastic pipe to pump the rainwater that has collected in our house, from the last couple…
Rain, Rain, Rain – Before Floor Slab is Poured!
We woke up to the news that we had well over 10mm of rain overnight, plus the 5mm we had the day before and thus making 15mm of rain! Oh…
Day 2 of Hedge Trim!
We tackled the second half of the ivy choked blackthorn and hawthorn wild hedge that runs across the bottom of our garden between us and the school field. It was another…
Clearing Away Equipment and Rubbish .. but Diverted to Hedge Trimming Instead!
We started today on tidying up the area inside the footprint of our house, winding up hose, putting up the ramp over the wall at the back door nearest the…
Perimeter Wall interrupted by Rain!
After lunch, because of the rain forecasted to arrive about 4pm to 5pm which made block laying impractical we had to do something else. So we moved and tidied up…
.. live from the field!
It was a pleasant day this Sunday .. until a huge dark cloud came slowly over at about 17:30 and dropped about 30mm of rain in an hour!! Wow Wee!!…
Short Heavy Rain Showers!
This evening, we had a short sharp heavy rain shower lasting only for 15 minutes or so and we had about 20mm of rain land on us! Generally, our new…