Weekend wanders – St Ives Estate We had a spare day over the Christmas holidays and I fancied making the family go walking again. I’d heard of a place over in Bingley called St Ives Estate and thought we’d pay it a visit. I didn’t see much in the way of facilities, but thereRead More
Archives for February 2020
My North-East Facing Garden in February
It’s been a while since I updated you on what’s going on in the garden. To be fair, there’s not much going on! We live on a hillside so the garden is sloping. It’s roughly tiered in line with the steps on the path, and has been this way since the house was built aroundRead More
A Tutorial for Wood Panelled Walls in the Bathroom
Initially when we were planning our new bathroom, we were heading towards having tiled walls. White metro tiles, to be exact. I’ve got a pallet of them sitting in my cellar, ready to go the walls. Unfortunately for those tiles, I changed my mind and decided to go for wood panelling. It was easy toRead More
Weekend Wander round Bradshaw, Slaithwaite Huddersfield
Purely because I’m trying to get us all out and about more this year, we went on a wander round Bradshaw, a small hamlet near Slaithwaite in Huddersfield. Unfortunately for us it didn’t quite go to plan. I had thought there was a pub there so we could park up, have a wander round andRead More