Saturday 12 September 2020
by Wulf
Comments Off on Getting started
A few weeks ago, our car started telling us it was ready for another service. With moving into our new house on the agenda, we ignored it for a long time but, now that is settling down, we decided it … Continue reading
Saturday 5 September 2020
by Wulf
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Towards the end of last year, I was talking to people in Loughborough about the journey I was planning to make down to Devon and Gloucester Services were recommended as a stopping point. In the end, we passed them by … Continue reading
Friday 4 September 2020
by Wulf
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Earlier this year, I came across an interesting article called The Year Without a Summer by Andy Crouch. It touched on 1816 (when a huge volcanic explosion the previous year darkened the skies and affected the apparent turn of the … Continue reading
Monday 31 August 2020
by Wulf
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The contraflow plan worked well today – driving down to Devon on the August Bank Holiday while most of the traffic was heading in the opposite direction. It was still quite busy but not as much as the opposite side … Continue reading
Tuesday 11 August 2020
by Wulf
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The new wood stove was fitted this morning, which turned out to be a quick and easy job. Yes, it has been one of the hottest days of the year but we needed to do a small first firing in … Continue reading
Monday 3 August 2020
by Wulf
Comments Off on In Hot Water
One of the mod cons we have been without for the past week is hot water. We briefly had it in the new house but then something went wrong on the boiler and we had to get someone in. Then … Continue reading
Friday 31 July 2020
by Wulf
Comments Off on Plans are useless
… but planning is indispensable, is a quote attributed to Dwight Eisenhower. Experience says it makes a lot of sense. Before moving in, I measured each of the rooms and our main furniture items and worked out where each would … Continue reading