Still calling it a snug!

 

Please someone come up with a word to call the room beyond the kitchen which is going to be a purely selfish area for just Gordy and I to relax in...The walls will be lined with books and we have just bought two incredible chairs - enormous "lose yourself in them" armchairs... Just can't bear the word snug - HELP!  I think that's what it's going to become if we are not very careful.

Getting there!

 

We still have electricians, a joiner, Allenbys who are making the stairs and good old Bob and Liam sorting out wonky guttering and pointing the south side of the building.  Bob turned up on Saturday to build the framework for a walk in cupboard in the master bathroom....The security system is now up and running - far too technical for me but I have an instruction book so will do some homework soon!  We now have a secure roof structure in the garage (and some light!) and the heating system is amazing....

Here comes the moon!

Amy, Eartha and Fellow visit

 Three lovely days with Amy, Eartha and Fellow.  The snow stayed until new years day.

Still carrying all the shopping up the hill!  No chance of getting the car up!
 Can you spot the moon above the trees?

Thanks for that Eartha!! 

 

Fellow is not impressed by the handstanding snowman!  He would rather go for a walk!

Denby finds a pheasant and a snowman

John and Margaret (and Denby too of course) were our first proper visitors.  They came for Sunday lunch and then John, Denby and I went for a walk and Denby did very well.... a pheasant and a snowman!

 

And then the snow came!

We came home from a wonderful Christmas with Amy at The Willows in Norwich to find we had had snow here in Carlton...so the car parking was a great idea and just in time!  We had to leave the car down at the bottom of the hill for 6 days! 

Post box and bin area

We really felt it was unfair to ask the postman and the bin men to come to the top of the hill and so Dick, Jack and Harry have created a new area just above The Manor for us to put the post box and bins.  Adrian has taken his cattle out now for the winter and so we took this opportunity to make this area which also includes a parking space for those days that may be snowy and we may need to leave our car there....