With all the work we’ve done this year we thought we’d try and do something we’ve never done before and that’s the pair of us spend some time in the house alone.

In all the time we’ve owned the house Dawn and I have never actually spent a single night in the house with just each other. With all the work we’ve been doing my dad has thankfully been able to help, then in the summer Dawn and Cas were here a few weeks before Dawn and her parents but just Dawn and I it’s never happened!

Time to rectify that then :)

With all the hard work that’s been put in this year the house is not only weather proof but actually quite comfortable. Last year when Dad and I were out here late October it was -10 and we had no heat… This year the weather station is telling me it’s a barmy warm 13 inside the house and -1 outside we have the log burner going, the wind is kept outside and with the lights, stockings and “Fred” the house is looking very homely.

We’ll keep you up to date with a few things we have planned like a meeting with the Architect on Monday, but we really are planning a holiday and not a renovation week. There is a nasty rumor that we may be going horse riding with Dawn God daughter but we’ll wait and see :)

Also i’ll be posting a round up of the year, some interesting news on “Petite Assistante” and of course lots of photos from this week. I will confess however to pulling a fast one and already installing the weather station to start to get some stats on the amount of wind & rain we get up here and i’m fitting the solar logger so as much as i want it to be all rest you know what they say about idel hands being the devils work etc etc :)

And on that note from Me, Dawn & Schubert (on his 1st trip to the house) we bid you Joyeux Noël

Update 28th Dec
I remember why and how much I LOVE BEING HERE!