Pioneer Mad Woman

Alan (Emmas husband who farms the sheep) appeared this week with half a lamb for us to stock the freezer with. Whilst I have to admit my first thought looking at the collection of various cuts  is "Is it anyone I know" or "I'm sure this piece was in Hannibal last week";   its also reassuring to know exactly where this lamb has...

Meet Jim, possibly the most nonchalant couldn't give a rat's ass cat known to man. Its too hot for him today so he's popped in to try the flag flooring for coolness and seems suitably impressed. Its just a pity looking at the state of him he seems to have spent the rest of the day visiting the pigs at the other end...

Popped down to Emma (the shepherdess from the video) and Alans last night to try the new beer one of the local micro brewerys ( Pictish ) has produced. To quote the website it's "a crisp, straw coloured ale, brewed to celebrate the birth of Joan, the world’s largest lamb. Weighing in at a hefty 24lbs. Just like Joan this beer is no...

  The stone floors now going back down in the kitchen, dining room and hallway and its being pointed/grouted in a lime based mix. Its a big moment as it means we can get the kitchen delivered from the joiners (its been sat in the workshop for a couple of months yet) and installed. It's quite important that like the original layout there...

A well earned break from the barn and a quick trip down to London for the next play in the Michael Grandage  season at the Noel Coward -  "The cripple of Inishmaan". All in all it was ok,  Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) was quite adequate in a role that didn't really demand a great deal other than to be insulted by the rest...