Friday 24 November 2017

Drive through the lakes to bag a bargain!

A little trip through the lakes today, Wow I just love where I live. Fabulous early morning winter sunrise over the fells. A gorgeous crisp frosty Autumn morning, I couldn't resist a quick stop at Thirlmere to snap a few pics of the lake and the fresh dust of snow on the fell behind me. So much space and room to breath, clears the cobwebs and refreshes the brain. I made the trip to Ambleside to call into a hotel there that was closing down and selling up their world. I felt like a bit of a vulture prowling through every room adding my name to various items. All tallied up, car fully loaded and away back home. Just a quick morning round trip, but what an enjoyable one an a day like today.

 What a sight in front of me, fabulous autumn colour on the lakeside at Thirlmere.
 The lake was so calm like glass as the early morning sun crept over.
 Helvellyn behind me dusted in snow.
My Haul, one hotels misfortune to close down, an opportunity for the next one. #circle of life

Tuesday 7 November 2017

Finally the exterior decoration is complete!


This is the house finally decorated on the outside, all the render has been taken off, redone and then  exterior decorated, a minor tweak still on going to one badly damaged window sill, which is still being rebuilt. But all of the stucco moldings to the front portico have been repaired or replaced. Massive achievement, still an immense amount of work to be done inside though. We are waiting the progress of planning permission application in order to progress much further, mean time we are carrying on with as much landscaping as possible out side.




Just a reminder, before shot with all the scaffold around and work in progress.