I just can’t believe it’s been so long between posts (Sorry) so I thought i’d better let you know we are still alive & we’ve made the most of the winter break. They’ll be a full podcast very shortly but here’s a taste of what’s to come. Here’s there low quality embedded audio and i’ll be publishing this via iTunes

One of the things that got completed last year was Schubert’s “Pet Passport“. The UK has some of the strictest laws when it comes to taking pets in and out of the country to and from Europe and previously Schubert hasn’t been compliant with these rules. When going through the pet passport process there’s plenty of waiting around while injections,

Well that was a bit of a shocking phone call! There was no paperwork, no inspection, no photographs just a chat on the phone with some figures from our builder with a cost to repair and then a “Yes Mrs Caller that’s completed, the money will be in your account on Monday”… WHAT WHAT

Almost a week in and things are starting to shape up very nicely indeed

Have you ever done a job that you’ve always known needs doing & once you’ve started it you wonder why you’d left it so long? Well the removal of the ceiling in the old bedrooms was definitely one of them jobs

In the grand scheme of things with the damage and loss of life these large storms in France have caused we’ve got to think of ourselves as very lucky. This time we got away with only minor property damage but again it’s the roofs on the barn & grange that have suffered&#

Firstly: Thanks for hanging in there! I know thing have been more than a little quiet on the site and that’s simply because there’s not been a lot going on with the renovation, due to the weather in France. The good news however is we’ve not just sat back, we’ve been planning, organising & generally beavering away, and next week