Janet's Blog

The marquee is up, the tables are set, potaloos are on site, the cowboys are here........the excitement is building.......the weather is giving us more stress than you can possibly imagine....and it's almost festival time!!! Rodney, Dave and Sue have put in so much hard work organising the

What a busy weekend it's been! Not only is it Crick Boat Show – and Ant and Alex has gone down there with the Overwater stand, but it's also the Audlem Music Festival and Carnival weekend. I's always hectic, trying to cover at the marina as well as visiting boat events but I love this

Is it normal to be so excited about a bit of block paving and some slabs? Is it something that happens to you as you get older (just like the fact that you start to like walking around B&Q at weekends?) If it is I'm OK...and if it isn't...well I don't care anyway – I'm still

I've sneaked in early this morning, first day back at school for daughter No. 2, so we're out and about early to catch up with our lift share. I love coming in early – it's so peaceful when there's just you, and it's great for people watching as the marina starts to wake up and

Crikey we seem to have passed a few major milestones over the last couple of weeks! At the end of March it was 5 years since the marina opened and what a long way we've come since them! At opening it was just Sue and I working out of a little white portacabin, surrounded by gleaming new jetties

I can't believe it's March already! Where has the start of the year gone to?? We've had a traumatic start to the year at home – the dairy industry is having the worst time ever (or at least since the 1930's) and our dairy herd has become one of the casualties – we just can't

There's definitely a feeling of spring in the air this morning – I walked down to the marina and the birds were singing their little hearts out – I know it's still February (technically) but surely we're over the worst the winter can bring. I think early spring in this country has to be

I've had the most fabulous photo given to me – it's one of daughter No.2's cheeky little pony Lucky. He's one of the loveliest little ponies I've ever had the pleasure to meet. He's a saint when she handles him and follows her round like a puppy, and is really good fun when