Janet's Blog
Quite a bit of progress to report today, not least in the Facilities building which now has windows, doors, a floor and plastered walls and ceilings! It looks amazing and the views from the moorers Overwater Coffee Lounge are lovely. I met with our new marina supervisor this week. From mid March Sue
Wow – what a hectic week it's been, not really helped by the fact that it's half term and the children, refreshed fron their week away skiing, have been running around at a hundred miles an hour. It's been difficult to get onto site this week because construction sites and small children
Some of you may have noticed it's been a while – apologies – Angus, the children and I sneaked off for a family holiday while we still can – we had the kind offer of using a ski chalet in the French Alps. In the first 24 hours we were there we had over a foot of snow. Three days later it was
The last day of the month has brought something rather unexpected – SNOW! I was on site yesterday and we had a glorious afternoon, cold but very sunny – the jetties almost glowed in the sunshine. This morning was completely different with a good inch of snow on the ground. The children were straight
Just one thing to say to everyone who braved the weather for our Open Day yesterday (and in particular to Wendy, Mike and Henry – our friends who help us out) – THANK YOU!!! It was, once again, fantastic to meet those of you who have already booked (top marks to Paul and Karen who were making it their)
It feels like ages since I've seen the marina without some covering of snow so when it all thawed this week, I couldn't get over how much greener everywhere looks – just makes you realize how it must feel for the people who live in places like the Alps where snow is on the ground for months
At last, the big thaw! Well OK perhaps I'm getting too excited a little too soon, but today the temperature stopped being in minus figures for the first time in almost a week. On Thursday, when we hit -14 overnight, the lads on site gave up and went home. I think the final straw (apart from frozen)
Well – here it is – the first blog of the new year! We celebrated in style at home with our own version of "I'm a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here". The dining room was turned into a credible jungle with the help of 5 packets of green crepe paper (courtesy of the paper shop in Audlem, where)
Good news – the Christmas tree still has some of it's needles on and so far the fairy lights haven't stopped working. Christmas day was a frenzy of , excited children, food, more excited children and even more food. To work off the excess Boxing Day was elected to be a walking day. My brother
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