Yes, the pond is still not right although it is looking good. We found a stone “ball” in a garden pot shop near Penrith which is now the centrepiece of the pool. There is a problem with the pipe feeding water to the spout - it is leaking. Nick returns to try to repair it.
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We spent over an hour today watching two squirrels helping themselves to hazelnuts from our feeder - and trying to bury them in the lawn. They soon gave up on that and have buried countless nuts in the flower borders! It is good to see them back again, and no doubt they will be regular […]
Alice has bought a new organ which occupies a lot of space in the conservatory! As many of out regulars will know, Alice (now 16) is the organist at St Herbert’s in Braithwaite, and now will be able to practice properly at home and work for her music exams. The instrument previously belonged to her […]
It is now the end of Ocober, and the pool is leaking. The water has been pumped out so that Martin can get down to trying to find the “hole”. Although to us it seems that the leak is in the side of the liner, around 15cm from the top, what appears to be a […]