We have a really important post due later this week – and no its not about the floors – but in the meantime a couple of developments – we have finally got furniture for the bedrooms. We’ve actually had it a while, but Oak Furnitureland only seem to deliver their larger pieces to the ground floor, despite promises to the contrary. Maddie and I, osteoarthritis and bad back notwithstanding, got most of the wardrobes upstairs ourselves when the delivery men proved unable or unwilling, and then last weekend Chris and Charlotte helped us move the final piece onto the flat  roof  and in through the bedroom window. So the caravan room and our bedroom are now fully furnished. And every little bit is a step closer to finishing

And we’ve had our first long term visitors come to stay – one of the main reasons we did the house in the first place was to have room for guests. So we have had Maddie’s mum, Joyce and her friend Scott from Canada (or Canadia) to stay. Joyce met Scott doing the Coast to Coast walk twelve years ago  and he has been over to the UK several times to walk since. He finished the Cotswold way last week and came over to Yateley after that. Its been absolutely fantastic having them both to stay – we’re just coming to the end of a touristy weekend in London and Oxford.