Sunday, 28th February 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 130 – 134) And so, as of 26th February, we no longer had any of our possessions in storage anywhere! It’s an excellent feeling, as well as a substantial financial saving. Needless to say there was still a deal of work involved in getting…
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Home 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 125 – 129)
Sunday, 21st February 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 125 – 129) Monday was quiet enough until midway through the afternoon when the men from Harrison and Rowley turned up with three containers of our possessions. We persuaded them to move the old cabinet that they had brought back just before Christmas along…
Home 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 118 – 124)
Sunday, 14th February 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 118 – 124) On Monday last the lovely man from Hillary’s Blinds came back to fit all the curtains apart from the one that needed to be redone because it was too long. That won’t be back until the 18th of February at the…
Food 2021 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (The Pie Room by Calum Franklin; Moorish by Ben Tish)
Sunday, 31st January 2021 – Recipes (The Ultimate Fish Pie; Slow-Cooked Fish and Shellfish Stew with Saffron and Star Anise) At the start of the month it was announced that we could cook from any of the books that have been the previous books of the month. As a result I just kept right on…
Home 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 116 – 117)
Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 116 – 117) The Ikea saga continues… We’re still short of two drawers and four shelves. The customer service representative promised me my order (as lost by DPD) would be sent out from the Milton Keynes branch on Monday. Short story: They weren’t. Milton…
Home 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 113 – 115)
Sunday, January 31st 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 113 – 115) Two more days of work on the house and we are now so much closer to the end game, and we couldn’t be more relieved. It’s still frustrating because we are now at the point where there are long lags between…
Home 2020/2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 105 – 112)
Sunday, January 24th 2021 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 105 – 112) There has been something of a lull in the building progress during the depths of December, between Covid restrictions, people wanting to take time off, and the general unavailability of anyone who actually wanted to do any work. However, as we…
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