Five things happened today quite unexpectedly. We woke up this morning to a heavy frost and no water in the caravan at all. Chris checked the weather forecast and decided that he was happy to wait until 10am for the outside pipes to thaw. I was less keen because there was no certainty that the … More 8th December 2020
Our first night in the caravan on Saturday was something of a shock it was so cold – very cold! Bev finally got up at 6am, put the heating on and huddled around a cup of tea with Dulcie. More layers required …. ! Today has been a day for getting organised. Our extensive collection … More 7th December 2020
We moved from our Hindon rented house to Clouds Garden Lodge in persistent, and at times torrential, rain this morning. It took us five carloads. Everything’s wet and we’ll spend the afternoon warming up and drying out. These will be our views for the next year or so, though we’re hoping there may be some … More 5th December 2020
The caravan now has power, water – hot and cold, and an operative loo. So we were able to offer Bevis’ first visitors, Stuart and Allison, a cup of tea. The two units and outdoor loo arrived today. The first unit has a sink and can house our washing machine, along with a desk from … More 3rd December 2020
Today we filled in the trench carrying the power cable and, we hope in the future, some broadband cables
Today is the day that the power supply was removed from the bungalow, an important thing to do before its demolition. Dave from SSE took the existing feed and dropped it to a cabinet in the corner of the site. Another contractor for the energy supplier then relocated the meter into the new cabinet and … More 30th November 2020
We’d really like to keep Bevis in top condition, with an eye to its sale in “a year or so”, so today Chris cut up some old rugs to fit above the carpet and lino. They were a bit doggy so unfortunately we have a slight aroma of a wet Wilf and Peggy; not really … More 29th November 2020
Sue insists it’s traditional to name a caravan by combining your names so here she is … “Bevis”. We still can’t quite believe it’s here, all 28 by 10 feet of her – we think it’s female. There is a kitchen and seating area, two bedrooms (the second with twin beds for thin people only) … More 26th November 2020
A momentous day today as the caravan arrived in the afternoon. Steve and Mark from Hull performed miracles as they negotiated the caravan on its flat-bed lorry through the narrow lanes of the village, and then succeeded to manoeuvre it into its designated spot without any crunches or scratches. Fortunately Matt had already extracted a … More 25th November 2020
Today Matt, with the digger and Tristan, prepared and levelled the area against the north wall which will be the site of the bothy and greenhouse. This involved the removal of some huge tree stumps
Chris and Bev - Heads in the Clouds 