WELCOME TO SKYE !

Thanks for visiting our Blog about our new life on Skye. We wanted to keep our family and friends updated on how our big move was going and how the house build was coming along and thought this would be the easiest way.

We've also included a couple of useful links to local websites (information on the Glendale area, wildlife and places to stay) which can be found at the bottom of the Blog.

We're loving our new life here and hope you enjoy reading our Blog and taking a look at some of our photos. Click on the Flickr link to the right to see a slideshow of our build progress . . . . .

Thursday, November 6, 2008

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.

7 comments:

Simon, Deb & Holly said...

Ringraziarla per i suoi commenti gentili del nostro blog, buono che lei lo trova interessando. Il tatto libera per continuare la lettura della nostra vita cambiando il movimento all'Isola di Skye! Il mio italiano non รจ buono nonostante! Considera Debbie

Angela said...

Hiya mateys,

Hey Debs, is that you in the first photo under the sheet? Seriously, all looking good and I bet when it stops blowing the Autumn scenery looks brilliant. Sam looks very happy with his hat on and we hope everything is on schedule now. Listening to all the stuff about the credit crunch, still can't believe you managed to time things the way you did, doesn't bear thinking about if you had waited even 12 months.

Anyway, great pics and good to see you back on the blog.

Love and best wishes - hello Holly

Angela & Rob

Anonymous said...

Hi everybody good to see your new pictures its looking good now speak to you soon lots of love mum

Simon, Deb & Holly said...

Hi Mum, glad you like the new pictures. As you can see it's all coming together now! Speak to you soon, love to everyone.

Deb x

Claire said...

And you even found the time to learn Italian Debs!!!!
Als je ons dan ook even in het Nederlands antwoordt vallen we helemaal van onze stoel. 't Was reuzegezellig bij jullie in het nieuwe huis, hartstikke bedankt!
Claartje xxx

Simon, Deb & Holly said...

Ik hoop dit correct vertaalt omdat van u niet zeer goed vertaalde! Wij genoten werkelijk van hebbend u bij ons nieuw huis en hopen u ook deed. Val niet van uw stoel!
Deb xx

Claire said...

Very, very impressed .....
You're a language miracle Deb!!!
I sort of understand what you've written in Dutch!
Claartje xx