Thursday, January 8, 2026

And still......

 Yup. We have had a bit of a break from the white stuff, although it's trying again tonight. It's still lying though with only a bit of melt. So, we've stayed in . 

Robs still doing the reports for MCS and the other bodies over the heating system. MCS phoned fairly quickly after the report went in for a quick chat, they can't find them registered with them and nor do they have a website, or insurance registered, which they must have to trade. Surprise surprise!! The good news is, they wont be stuffing it up much more as the ECO 4 grant scheme for heating and insulation ends in April as the Government pulled the funding in the budget. Valiant are kindly sending out a different engineer to fix the problem of it keep switching off, that is,  when he can get out. Thank you Valiant.

As we have had to have the heating up high to stop it dropping out so it has dried out wood panelling out. Jill has been refilling and repainting the doors and panelling.

As we haven't been out much. There has been lots of cat cuddling.





Bit of TV. Although the Sky dish has broken in the snow. And, some garden/ window birdwatching. Jill's been trying and failing to get shots of the three Jack Snipe that have been around. Lots of Common Snipe though.
















We are feeding around 500 starlings. 10 kg of seed in 3 days






Jim popped over today for coffee and cake. It was really good to see him.

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Yay, a plough.

 We woke this morning to see the plough had been, so, we had a quick breakfast and decided to try for some bits and bobs at the shop. We had been a bit more prepared  this time and hadn't run out of much although we were down to uht milk., so it was good timing.

 It was pretty tricky as they had moved quite a bit of snow.


Getting to walls was a bit tricky, but we made it. Got some bits but they had no yoghurt for Rob so we decided to see how far we could safely get. We made it to town uneventfully.

It was beautiful. Fitful head looked very clear.






















We  had some nice grouse right by Walls Hall.













We got home just in time as it started snowing heavily again.



And still......

 Yup. We have had a bit of a break from the white stuff, although it's trying again tonight. It's still lying though with only a bit...