Languishing in a winter wonderland

Picture postcard or what?
Nice to be in and settled, Sal came home on the 15th Dec and it has been covered in snow all that time.
We had our new settees delivered yesterday and was I glad to see the back of the old ones!!
We should have had the old TV on a cardboard box in the photo too!

The last post from Bahrain

Thought I would end with a picture of Sally and I visiting the Ahmed Al Fatah mosque,they have open days for non muslims to have a tour during the 'Eid' holiday. The women visitors have to don the abaya and scarf before entering and they have a changing room and a row of various sizes! If we had known this earlier we could have worn our own!!
I don't know when I will be updating this blog again so I hope you have enjoyed it, whoever you are.

More greetings from a hot country

The sun has gone in now so I thught I would do an update.
A few more pictures, one of our lovely solid wood washbasin stand made by Sally's dad and the stairs, now that they have been stained.
The colours in the rooms don't look good on the blog - so you will have to come and visit to see them.

Greetings from Bahrain

Well, I moved in on the 1st of Nov-with a lot of help from Di and Jim. My mum and dad came over 2 days later and helped me clear out the workshop and my log piles from the old house (we do keep a load of rubbish!) and Sally's parents popped in just before I headed off for the sun.
There are a few bits inside the house that need finishing and as you can see from the pic the entrance needs tarring (I left on Wed and they were coming on Thurs to put the final surface down)
I can't explain how fab it is to be in a warm, draught free house. We eventually have a land line and Sky+ and hopefully by the time I get home we will have the gear to set up broadband.
I am just waiting for the sun to come out and then heading for the roof to sit round the pool and get a tan.......

2 days to go

In a rush-the lovely Horse Chestnut is in, just needs oiling, as usual it looks better in the flesh.

Fab shed

Moving in 6 days time......no pressure.
Could be living in the shed!!

Outside painting nearly done

Look back to the post on the 8th of May for a comparison.

The shed

I'm almost as excited with the shed as I am with the rest of the house.
Look at the size of it.......!
7x3 metres of heaven.

I'm nearly in

Well my notice to quit my old house is in and I will be moved in by Sat 31st Oct.
The whole in the wall is where the chimney breast is going to be. Fab colour......
We nearly have power to all areas, the painters have finished upstairs, but still have to stain the stairs and finish oiling the doors, the plumber has started and will be finished by next Friday.
We don't have running water yet but all the pumps are in, again it all hangs on the plumber.
Our new address is:-
Barran Caltunn Cottage
Glencruitten
Oban
Argyll
PA34 4QB
Talk Talk assures me we will have a phone line by the 20th of this month, but of course we are in the hands of bl**dy BT Openreach so I am not banking on it.

Cracking on

Very busy at the moment, so just a quick update.
As you can see the stairs are in, we have power to some of the house, the interior doors are all hung, the plumber eventually comes back tomorrow to fit all the sanitary ware and the painters are cracking on.
I have given notice on the old house, so whatever happens I wll be out of here by the end of this month!