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Brick by Brick
Fascinating story of May Savidge who moved her 15th-Century house brick-by-brick and beam-by-beam from Ware in Hertfordshire to Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. Something very Calums Road about this.
06/01/2026 · VIEW
Messing about in boats.
I've always been interested in boats without actually spending much time on the water. Born by the seaside, my dad had worked in the customs on the Humber. I had plenty of childhood stories of jumping from ship to ship on rummage crews. As a child I devoured Swallows & Amazons…
28/10/2020 · VIEW
Nights Under Canvas.
At the moment it’s not possible to get away so we’ve reverted to make believe adventures and camping in the garden. And somehow it works. Not a substitute for a real night under canvas, but it turns out some of the effects are the same. As night falls and we hunker down in the…
04/05/2020 · VIEW
The view over the last few years the view over
The view. Over the last few years, the view over the fields behind our house has become increasingly important to me. The back...
2017-01-15 00:31:58 GMT · VIEW
Moving on 3 years ago moved into our little
Moving on. 3 years ago moved into our little cottage. A new family with a new baby and a lot of work ahead of us. It had taken a...
2013-10-22 15:59:00 GMT · VIEW
Harvesting over the last few weeks dusk has been
Harvesting Over the last few weeks, dusk has been falling noticeably earlier, and as I've been riding home, up to the village,...
2013-09-07 23:51:00 GMT · VIEW
Working fixing preparing the house is over 100
Working. Fixing. Preparing. The house is over 100 years old, a simple working cottage that has been battered, fixed up and...
2012-11-04 22:29:00 GMT · VIEW
2010-10-31 10:59:13 GMT · VIEW
Sometimes its not about getting away into the
Sometimes it's not about getting away into the wilds, but about just getting round the corner. Near the cottage there's a little...
2010-10-25 14:13:21 GMT · VIEW
Pictures from a renovation 3 months down a
Pictures from a renovation. 3 months down, a couple of weeks to go (hopefully).
2010-09-05 19:22:30 GMT · VIEW