nope tinny, can't make it.. I had planned to have a break, Ms sane is off for half term so takes over child care.. but I needed to get us into the new house first... that's not going to happen by Saturday!
GF we live on the outskirts of Norwich at the moment near the UEA (moved here for Ru to go back and do a masters) I'm not concentrating at the moment because i'm watching the football team lose to Leeds.
We're moving further up towards North Walsham.. an old farm workers place with greenhouses that used to be a little nursery.
Unfortunately the survey man didn't notice the obvious rot in the roof and drainage going under the walls.. but we are rebuilding it all and the space is just fantastic.. if I'm done by Christmas I'll be dead chuffed
@shay-shay-shayne Sounds like a good move - greenhouses?! Good soil?! Start the garden first! Plant the fruit tree, asap! Believe me. We did it the other way round, and learnt. Camp out in the house that extra month - but get the garden going straight away! Come spring/summer you'll be glad you did.
the greenhouses have been reinforced/re-glazed where broken/ painted, to survive winter and the soil is being observed and prepped... (once the leaves are off the fruit trees I can sort that out.. I grew up in orchards)
It was only the little bit of land that drew us to the place.. luckily because the house is crumbling.. and the football team make stupid mistakes!
Very similar amount of grounds as Felmingham Hall.... he he.. but yep just down the road.
pop over when you're up - I'll have some gallows humor with your brother about the football! - didn't you go to the interesting first game this season with him? - (don't answer that- tonights game has been yet another 'interesting occurrence')
They actually lived in the East Wing of Felmingham Hall while they were househunting. My niece, who is petite, needed a stepladder to get into her fourposter bed there.
How far towards North Walsham? My brother and his family are in that neck of the woods - slightly further west - and we cycled through there earlier this year.
Shane: I made a film about Walsham le Willows in the 60's. Plus I once triangulated Akenfield to be right in that area, Akenfield's fictional but the village where Ron Blythe lived who's name escapes me was right there, spent a pleasant day with him once.
Scottish trip slight return ... I finished reading Roger Deakin's 'Waterlog' during my recent holiday, having started with 'Wildwood' and 'Notes From Walnut Tree Farm' when they came out. Roger D was pals with Ronald Blythe and documents a couple of meetings and walks with RB in those books. If you liked Akenfield you'll like these too.
shouldn't have done that -
ReplyDeletedeep pockets AND long arms .. your round first for those attending the northern social then?
Nah, Shane. With a physique like that, we'll stick him in a tuxedo and he can work the door!
ReplyDeleteTY, did you, ahem, make all of me proportionally longer? Just seems my pants hang really low.
ReplyDeleteYou coming to the social Shane?
Good idea on working the door DsD. If any ne'er do wells approach, I'll write them a terse email.
nope tinny,
ReplyDeletecan't make it.. I had planned to have a break, Ms sane is off for half term so takes over child care.. but I needed to get us into the new house first... that's not going to happen by Saturday!
i'll be there in spirit(s)
we'll recycle something in your honour
ReplyDeleteShane: Where's the new house, come to that where's the old one. I know you're somewhere near Snetterton, right?
ReplyDeleteI suspect trickery. Can Tin & TFD please stand back to back so we can sort this out once & for all?
ReplyDeleteNot very easily...
ReplyDeleteTin - is the car pooling still on for Saturday?
ReplyDeleteTin - is the car pooling still on for Saturday?
ReplyDeleteyup.
ReplyDeleteyou want to email me address and i'll reply with a time
GF
ReplyDeletewe live on the outskirts of Norwich at the moment near the UEA (moved here for Ru to go back and do a masters) I'm not concentrating at the moment because i'm watching the football team lose to Leeds.
We're moving further up towards North Walsham.. an old farm workers place with greenhouses that used to be a little nursery.
Unfortunately the survey man didn't notice the obvious rot in the roof and drainage going under the walls.. but we are rebuilding it all and the space is just fantastic.. if I'm done by Christmas I'll be dead chuffed
(yeah.. Norwich just equalized)
@shay-shay-shayne
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good move - greenhouses?! Good soil?!
Start the garden first! Plant the fruit tree, asap!
Believe me. We did it the other way round, and learnt. Camp out in the house that extra month - but get the garden going straight away! Come spring/summer you'll be glad you did.
Oooh, if you're planting fruit I recommend these guys ... always had great bare root stuff from them.
ReplyDeletethe greenhouses have been reinforced/re-glazed where broken/ painted, to survive winter and the soil is being observed and prepped...
ReplyDelete(once the leaves are off the fruit trees I can sort that out.. I grew up in orchards)
It was only the little bit of land that drew us to the place.. luckily because the house is crumbling.. and the football team make stupid mistakes!
But it is so right to get the soil sorted first -
Next time I'm in Felmingham, I'll come over to say hello! (My brother lives in Felmingham and was a professor at UEA.)
ReplyDeleteVery similar amount of grounds as Felmingham Hall.... he he.. but yep just down the road.
ReplyDeletepop over when you're up - I'll have some gallows humor with your brother about the football! - didn't you go to the interesting first game this season with him? - (don't answer that- tonights game has been yet another 'interesting occurrence')
They actually lived in the East Wing of Felmingham Hall while they were househunting. My niece, who is petite, needed a stepladder to get into her fourposter bed there.
ReplyDeleteHow far towards North Walsham? My brother and his family are in that neck of the woods - slightly further west - and we cycled through there earlier this year.
ReplyDeleteClosest village is Worstead.. at this rate a 'spill gathering could come East (of England) if everyone visits their brothers at the same time!
ReplyDelete(everyone else needs to convince their brothers to move to Norfolk and we are sorted - THIS MESSAGE needs to bypass Tracy and her husband big time!)
Shane: I made a film about Walsham le Willows in the 60's. Plus I once triangulated Akenfield to be right in that area, Akenfield's fictional but the village where Ron Blythe lived who's name escapes me was right there, spent a pleasant day with him once.
ReplyDeleteSmall world department, gf: the village where Ronald Blythe lives is Wormingford, and I used to live there.
ReplyDeleteScottish trip slight return ... I finished reading Roger Deakin's 'Waterlog' during my recent holiday, having started with 'Wildwood' and 'Notes From Walnut Tree Farm' when they came out. Roger D was pals with Ronald Blythe and documents a couple of meetings and walks with RB in those books. If you liked Akenfield you'll like these too.
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