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monkfish1 said:
moorx said:
monkfish1 said:
moorx said:
Congrats! Where in mid Wales?
A bit east of Llandovery.
Abergwesyn Pass, Devil's Staircase and on round Llyn Brianne Reservoir.
Ranger 6 said:
Love what you're doing and a local event to you may be of interest https://www.raliceredigion.co.uk
.....and talking about rallying - your second sentence there reminded me of marshalling
Rali Cilwendeg night rally often goes past the bottom of our drive! Amazing sights and sounds and very nostalgic for me as my dad used to compete in historic rallies and hillclimbs. The cars are due past us from 3.30am this year, so not sure I'll be staying up for them unfortunately......and talking about rallying - your second sentence there reminded me of marshalling
moorx said:
monkfish1 said:
moorx said:
monkfish1 said:
moorx said:
Congrats! Where in mid Wales?
A bit east of Llandovery.Abergwesyn Pass, Devil's Staircase and on round Llyn Brianne Reservoir.
moorx said:
Ooh, I don't know, maybe - it's the Abergwesyn Pass.
Pretty sure it is. See here: https://surfnslide.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/wild-s...
Evanivitch said:
Good stuff! And for the most part a patriotic colour scheme too 
Do you foresee any extra equipment? I know you said the hedge management contractor is cheap, hard to justify new equipment.
Do you foresee any extra equipment? I know you said the hedge management contractor is cheap, hard to justify new equipment.
Had this a few weeks now, best thing we've bought in a long time. Makes every day jobs much easier and lighter on the ground than truck or tractor so all round bonus
monkfish1 said:
sfella said:
monkfish1 said:
A bit east of Llandovery.
Not far away at all then from ourselves! We met when you had monkfish, you came to derbyshire to discuss my vxr8 after I'd blown it upEdited by sfella on Tuesday 18th October 18:44
monkfish1 said:
A bit east of Llandovery.
Ha, we offered on a place about 8 miles from Llandovery, stunning views, big barn and about 4 acres - sadly the vendor realised it was unique.We've ended up just above Amroth near to Saundersfoot and Tenby, Pendine Sands is worth a trip in the summer for the vintage drag racing.
sfella said:
Evanivitch said:
Good stuff! And for the most part a patriotic colour scheme too
Do you foresee any extra equipment? I know you said the hedge management contractor is cheap, hard to justify new equipment.
Do you foresee any extra equipment? I know you said the hedge management contractor is cheap, hard to justify new equipment.
Had this a few weeks now, best thing we've bought in a long time. Makes every day jobs much easier and lighter on the ground than truck or tractor so all round bonus
sfella said:
Had this a few weeks now, best thing we've bought in a long time. Makes every day jobs much easier and lighter on the ground than truck or tractor so all round bonus
bennno said:
monkfish1 said:
A bit east of Llandovery.
Ha, we offered on a place about 8 miles from Llandovery, stunning views, big barn and about 4 acres - sadly the vendor realised it was unique.We've ended up just above Amroth near to Saundersfoot and Tenby, Pendine Sands is worth a trip in the summer for the vintage drag racing.
Yes, seen some of your posts. Sounds great. Especially being near the coast. Sadly, coastal was more budget than we could muster
monkfish1 said:
I could almost have wrote that! Substitute midlands, for south east, and west wales for mid wales. Just more recent. Like last week!
Will be following with interest.
Day 1 for us was no hot water, no heating oil and a hot water feed tank with thousands of flies in it. That was fun!
Well that will be why I've not seen many HSV's around the area lately!Will be following with interest.
Day 1 for us was no hot water, no heating oil and a hot water feed tank with thousands of flies in it. That was fun!
joshcowin said:
What a great thread! Fair play to you for doing this, not easy at all!!
What's the most rewarding part of it all?
There's a few things, with the farm side it's eating what we've reared/grown. We haven't timed it yet but next year will be able to do a full roast dinner with meat from livestock born on our farm,veg grown here and Yorkshires made from our eggs.What's the most rewarding part of it all?
The second is with the cottages, going in and reading a good review, that makes all the work and money spent on them seem worthwhile.
Thirdly is watching little one tussle with a Lamb/piglet/chicken!
There is also great satisfaction to be had from standing leaning on a gate just watching the sheep graze, a few minutes of peace just to let everything go.
We've been on with lots recently so saved it all for one post.
Digger got its new shoes so is working well
Some of the ewes have had their pre tupping checkover
The man himself getting the same checks done
He was straight on it, first time we've used him and within 30 seconds he was up and on a ewe!
We've been really wanting to condense the kitchen in one cottage and not only is it dated buy way too many units for a holiday let.
Before:
Excuse the black lines, I sent it someone to show what we planned to remove originally.
So we've taken a couple more wall units off and the built in extractor. We've a new stainless extractor, white tiles to bounce the light, the cabinets being sprayed,new silver fridge freezer coming and new knobs to really lift it.
So far:
The other cottage has the decorator in all week now doing everywhere so that's going to look great, really eased so far and excited to see it done.
At home we've had the plumbers in, finally got a bath in as only showers when we moved in. Pretty happy with my tiling, just need to finish paint etc and get some shutters.
That room was a small dressing room type affair, lots of built in cupboards and not much space etc. Made a good bathroom now though.
The boys have also been replumbing most of what's here as was awful. Pipes everywhere and bodge after bodge. Next week will be the first time we'll have full control over the radiators since moving in.
For now they've re run the oil lines and made it safe/comply etc.
The fencer has finished and we've happy goats and pigs now
Digger got its new shoes so is working well
Some of the ewes have had their pre tupping checkover
The man himself getting the same checks done
He was straight on it, first time we've used him and within 30 seconds he was up and on a ewe!
We've been really wanting to condense the kitchen in one cottage and not only is it dated buy way too many units for a holiday let.
Before:
Excuse the black lines, I sent it someone to show what we planned to remove originally.
So we've taken a couple more wall units off and the built in extractor. We've a new stainless extractor, white tiles to bounce the light, the cabinets being sprayed,new silver fridge freezer coming and new knobs to really lift it.
So far:
The other cottage has the decorator in all week now doing everywhere so that's going to look great, really eased so far and excited to see it done.
At home we've had the plumbers in, finally got a bath in as only showers when we moved in. Pretty happy with my tiling, just need to finish paint etc and get some shutters.
That room was a small dressing room type affair, lots of built in cupboards and not much space etc. Made a good bathroom now though.
The boys have also been replumbing most of what's here as was awful. Pipes everywhere and bodge after bodge. Next week will be the first time we'll have full control over the radiators since moving in.
For now they've re run the oil lines and made it safe/comply etc.
The fencer has finished and we've happy goats and pigs now
Edited by sfella on Wednesday 9th November 17:20
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