Some photos from Cecilia:
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| Visit on 1 March 2008 |
From Livy
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| The Wood March 08 |
There was a young joiner working on the inside of the roof, with his brother helping. I am embarrassed that I didn't ask their names (must find out from Alistair); but he was very engaging and charmingly ready to explain anything we asked about. He seemed very competent and he spoke with some awe of Ronnie who will soon be making the staircase - another Invergarry man whose expertise at stairs is legendary, and whose own new house is just opposite the Post office.
We opened the upstairs windows and looked out at the views, which are pretty nice. The upstairs spare loo has a window that will take up almost all of its ceiling, which will be interesting. I can imagine sitting there with the light off on a clear night, watching the stars.
The Nibe's ducting is sensibly running along the north side of the eaves, but there is still space in the south eaves for concealed storage, which still has to be sorted out.
One thing we need to sort out, as those who bother to read photograph captions will have noticed, is what to call the two main sides of the house. Naturally, I think, the side facing the road is the back - one would not want to have the main front facing the road. And so, of course, the front door is at the back. Well, that is an unimportant detail. But the logicians in the family want consistency.
We walked around in the wood a little, beginning the process of finding paths and sitting rocks. It was very wet and rather cold, and nothing much was growing yet.
The next trip may be when Esther is staying, if she can bear it.
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Huge progress being made now- would I be right in thinking you are over half way there to having your new abode?
Why do you think I factored in a weekend - I have to report back to Droitwich with a feasibility study.
Hampton Court has I think several "fronts" so why not the South Front, the North Front, etc or are you not aligned? in which case you would have to have ecclesiastical east aligned with your temple and number the other fronts off accordingly
If someone would look at ma's and pa's internet connection, which I understand is wonky, they would not need to engage a private investigator. Not that we won't be delighted to go again.
I don't think there is anything wrong with the connection - my laptop works ok there - but the pages sort of fold up to fit the space available which is awkward to read as you have to keep scrolling up / down and left / right
if the neighbourhood is going Surrey, why not "Wentworth Villa" in honour of family connections
I love the compare and contrast posts immediately prior to this one, they are most magical.
I am rather distressed that you didn't set up a complicated network of webcams to take images at 60 second intervals. Perhaps the builders would have not been keen on repositioning the cameras as required.
Oh well.
Autumn halfterm is 27th Oct - 31 Oct. I think this is same for all offspring, though as Rebekah turns 16 this summer she could theoretically leave school and get a job!
Her current plan is Maths, Further Maths, Physics and possibly Economics. Or as we say: Maths, Maths, Maths and more Maths.
Rose is away in Wales with school the week before and gets back on 24th, I think.
Further Maths is horrific.
I don't know if I have already said this elsewhere so apologise if this is a repeat but you do have to watch out for skylights over bathrooms . On one estate we re-sited the bathrooms upstairs , complete with skylight , only to find that if you opened the windows at night, passers by in the street got a perfect reflection of what EVER was going on upstairs ( including the wife of one of our councillors lying full length in the bath tub)
No you haven't told us this before. Did he get re-elected? What you mentioned before was double decker buses, though just binoculars would do the trick at the wood, as we are downslope from the road. Not having done ANY mathses after O-level, I can't quite get my tired brain to work out this reflection thing. It would be people at ground level, wouldn't it? At the same angle to the open glass as the view inside? So it's chaps coming to the front door we need to look out for. We will institute tests at the housewarming party, if you like. No skylight in the bathroom, anyway, only in the loo and the main bedroom, and on the landing.
I did Pure and Applied Maths as separate subjects; together with the Special papers. I don't think Further Maths can be any more horrific than that, can it?
I didn't do Stats though, or this new Decision making (I think that's what it is).
On re-reading it does rather sound as though he had drowned her . There are special slanted blinds in tracks that spare peoples modesty.Or just make sure you are out of the loo well before guests arrive..
half term is same for me
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