The new house

Lots of people have been asking for photos of the new place, so here is a sneak preview.

Please feel free to come over and visit us, we have plenty of space now; as opposed to putting people up on the floor of our living room when we lived in the flat. Last weekend we had Lou's family over for her sister's birthday, and had a cracking time lounging outside in the heat.


Right now we are trying to plant out herbs and salad in the garden. As there aren't many beds, we are buying lots of pots. The back garden is a sun trap, so hoping for a good tomato harvest.

The Black Mountains

To escape from the hard labour of constantly putting up curtain rails and painting the new house, I organised a get away to the Black Mountains. We rented a cottage up a valley with a log fire and mainly sheep for company. In fact, we now understand the phrase 'Welsh Bingo'.

We spent most of the daytime walking up the neighbouring valleys and taking in the views and disturbing the wildlife. We even managed a good 15km walk whilst I got sunburnt. Despite this being a bank holiday weekend, we were remote enough to avoid nearly anyone.
Get orf my land!


For supplies, there were some shops in Crickhowell, which Lou spent plenty of time exploring. This left me the chance to lazily watch Crickhowell Cricket Club from a park bench whilst 'guarding' the food supplies.