Good morning folks.
Gosh, it's been a while since my last post hasn't it? Things have been a little bit here there and everywhere recently but I am now able to sit and take a deep catch up breath......
Things at Allerton house are ticking over slowly at the moment. As I write this the chimneys are finally almost complete after the frosts caused a few delays and redo moments.
Of course, there are two sides to everything. Much as we can't wait to move we have a life to pack up and sort out down south. So for the last six weeks I have been here, de-cluttering, sorting out the little niggles here ready for selling....
It's been surprisingly difficult emotionally to prepare to sell as this home is where we brought up our beautiful daughters and made many happy memories. Still the pull of our new life beckons us and the pull is strong.
We did manage to have two Christmas celebrations though, one early one down south with the family and then a we sneaked off to spend our very first Christmas up north.......two very different experiences and both very special...First, down in Kent we went all out to create a festive home so celebrate our last Christmas here with our daughters and their other halves.(if everything goes to plan of course!)
once the wall goes back up we'll never get this viewpoint again.
After breakfast we packed a flask of coffee and mince pies and wandered off up onto the fells
It was so lovely spending the day up there enjoying the countryside before heading back to where we were staying for a very different Christmas dinner......
A hamburger lol....
After that (and before too) we did do a bit more work but I'll save that for another time before having to head back to reality.
Here's wishing everything of the very best to you and yours this coming year
Gosh, it's been a while since my last post hasn't it? Things have been a little bit here there and everywhere recently but I am now able to sit and take a deep catch up breath......
Things at Allerton house are ticking over slowly at the moment. As I write this the chimneys are finally almost complete after the frosts caused a few delays and redo moments.
Of course, there are two sides to everything. Much as we can't wait to move we have a life to pack up and sort out down south. So for the last six weeks I have been here, de-cluttering, sorting out the little niggles here ready for selling....
It's been surprisingly difficult emotionally to prepare to sell as this home is where we brought up our beautiful daughters and made many happy memories. Still the pull of our new life beckons us and the pull is strong.
We did manage to have two Christmas celebrations though, one early one down south with the family and then a we sneaked off to spend our very first Christmas up north.......two very different experiences and both very special...First, down in Kent we went all out to create a festive home so celebrate our last Christmas here with our daughters and their other halves.(if everything goes to plan of course!)
Then off we trundled to Allerton House..... Christmas morning saw us enjoying breakfast in the building site , complete with festive greenery foraged from the surrounding area and decorations of course.
After breakfast we packed a flask of coffee and mince pies and wandered off up onto the fells
After that (and before too) we did do a bit more work but I'll save that for another time before having to head back to reality.
Here's wishing everything of the very best to you and yours this coming year
I had been wondering how your hard work was going - loving this post - the sight of all those Christmas trees at your home in Kent was a joy; and your second Christmas from the "building site" looked fantastic - love the greenery you foraged. I like the picture of the non-walls, it might almost be a shame to build the walls up!!
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