Our Annexe

Our guest annexe is all finished now and is looking really good! Click on the link to take a look at some of the photos.

Mum & Aunty Wendy's Visit

Mum and my Aunty visited us last week, we had a lovely time with them both and they were very lucky with the weather which was really warm all week. Mum has yet to visit in bad weather!! We managed to get out and about well and had some nice walks. Here are a few pictures of their visit....

Skye Dance

Holly recently took part in the annual Skye Dance show at the Aros Theatre in Portree, and this is a video clip of her ballet group performing. The video isn't too clear, but you'll see Holly doing her solo part as the music slows down. Towards the middle / end of the dance she is at the front far right of the stage. Enjoy!

Happy Christmas!

Santa bought us a fantastic surprise present - our good old friend Martin who turned up early on Xmas morning having driven all the way from Northampton overnight! That is what you call good friendship! Here are a few photos of the house in its current state and Xmas day (and a picture of Holly all glammed up for The Three Chimneys staff Xmas party) ....

It's been a long time .....

Sorry for the long delay since our last post, it's been a very busy couple of months, well that's our excuse anyway! It's been a frustrating couple of months where we've encountered delays out of our control, but Simon is racing along again now. The first fix electrics are all done as is the plaster boarding. He's well on the way with the plastering now, with almost all of downstairs finished. Mark has been staying with us and he's been a great help to Simon doing all of the labouring etc. (and he's had to put up with a lot of p*** taking from Simon!). We've also had the groundworker back and have managed to get all of the drains pulled in and the landscaping has been done. It's all looking really good.

Holly has been busy socialising and I've been busy being a taxi service to her in between working! Myself and Holly went away for a week to stay near Edinburgh and left the boys to it. We had a lovely time and stayed in a gorgeous cottage with a bath and central heating - pure bliss! Unfortunately we came home to severe gales so we knew we were back in the caravan!

Anyway, enjoy the updated photos.

Family Visit

Simon's Mum and Sister, Angela, came to visit us in July for a long weekend and we had a lovely time. The weather was gorgeous and it was great to just spend some time together relaxing. We celebrated Simon's 40th with them and went out for a nice meal. Angela took some fantastic photos, a few of my favourites are shown above.

It's Finished (on the outside anyway!)

The outside is finally finished (been busy painting hence the long delay in updating the blog!). It took about 140 litres of paint which was fun. The end result was worth it though, and it looks great now.

The inside is coming on well also. The floors are all down and the stud petitions are stood up, so you can now see the shape of all the rooms. The waste pipes are also fitted for the bathrooms / kitchen, now it's on to the 1st fix electrics and plumbing.

Weather has been fantastic here for the majority of the time spent working on the outside, so we've been really lucky. Lots of midges though!