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One step forward, one back.

So the en-suite. We were all ready to seal it… and then. When we installed the toilet, we installed it and used it for months…
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It finally happened.

So, if you’re wondering about the radio silence… it’s because I finally brought COVID home. Ironically not from the hospital. The repeated exposures there didn’t…
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Like a military operation

We had a plan. It was a solid plan. The two new chickens (Thelma and Louise) were ready for their next step in flock integration.…
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A tale of two taps

…well, valves. But that’s not so alliterative. So as is so often the case as the deadline for our project being signed off approaches (or…
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Muncaster Fell, then down to my mum’s

Our final day in the Lakes we thought we’d relax, take a nice short walk, something not too taxing and without too much height. That…
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Whin Rigg, Illgill Head and Burnmoor Tarn

Well, fairly astonishingly, we did it. Not only did we do it, but we did it in time to get down and (thankfully) get the…
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Ravenglass, Muncaster and Mary

Tomorrow we’re planning a longer walk, so today we planned a more relaxed day of not walking. Which meant that we didn’t walk as much,…
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Holi-holi-day

So, despite my best efforts – well, perhaps my it turns out inadequate efforts to bring a keyboard to spur me into writing, it turns…
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Wow, that was a ride

So I decided that it would be nice to check the chickens aren’t hanging out on the ladder, stuck, if the automatic door closes early,…
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Eeeking it closer

I’m not going to talk about the US’s hideous slide into fascism because – what am I going to say? I’ve been harping on about…