Summer in Cornwall

Summer in Cornwall

Early summer is my favourite time of year May, June and early July the weather tends to be good, the days are long and the nights are short. One of the highlights is the Royal Cornwall Show which is held during the second week of June at the showground in Wadebridge. I really enjoy ‘the Show’ lots of people out enjoying themselves, loads to see and do; not much beats a few pints of local beer or cider, sitting in the sun, listening to music. I always come home exhausted, with very little money left but happy.

Work on the House

We are making progress on the house. Steve is working all hours; evenings, weekends and holidays in a supreme effort to get us in before winter starts.
I am able to help him a bit but I do find some of the lifting a struggle and at a recent evening out with some of my work mates we decided that this difficulty in lifting large heavy objects was a female thing! Also the fact that we are shorter than the men and this creates its own problems when assisting with DIY.

I am really looking forward to the decorating - now that is something that I can do as well if not better than he does!
I am trying to plan the new looks in my head but still have not made a final decision and as the budget is totally overspent I may have to wait a while until a few more pay days have gone past before my grand plans can be actioned ( or there is always the lottery, but not much luck in this department yet)

All this work on the house means that minimal work has been done to the land. The only crops planted are potatoes and some wild rocket (which hasn't started to grow yet or we missed it and the slugs got it! We haven't even cut the grass yet and although the dog has the odd identity crisis she is not keen on taking on the role of a cow or a sheep.

Try Again

When I first started to blog I got a bit disillusioned as I rarely got any replies to my postings but several friends have said that they actually did read them and would like me to start again so here goes!

We are still living on wonderful Bodmin Moor, the longer we live here the more I like it. In November of last year we started to renovate and extend our cottage and what should have been a month's work has turned into a long drawn out saga that has cost us fortune. Cottages that are built in the 1700's can be expected to have issues but it was the 1990's addition that was poorly done and has caused our fantastic builder Bob (yes, he really is Bob the Builder) so many problems. We have not been able to live in the house all winter and we have no idea when we will be able to move back in. In true 'Grand Designs' we are not only behind schedule but over budget and now have very little in the way of a plan and Steve is having to do most of it, with a bit of goffing from me.

Here are a few pictures so you can see what I mean the whole roof needed to be replaced, sewers, drains, stairs, the list seems to go on forever.