During the Easter holidays we took possession of an early 1970s Commer Walkthru lorry. We are hoping to make this into our fifth and final unit. It used to house a fairground pipe organ and we are hoping it will make an interesting place to stay.

After taking about 4 days to fill and a couple of days to heat the pool is now operational. There are still a few paving slabs to put around the edge, some more turf and a fence with gates. The temperature is about 23 degrees at the moment, we are hoping that when we g...

While digging a trench for the water pipe and electricity cables to the swimming pool the digger had a bit of a disaster. Luckily Andrew is a good digger driver and managed to sort it out.

 One of the chickens went awol and we feared the worst. There are many predators in the woods; sparrowhawks, foxes, dogs, cats and so on. However Andrew heard a noise when trying to wake no.3 son up one day and discovered the hen with 8 chicks snuggled under the corner...