Home and Away
Autumn has arrived in this part of the world, the days are getting shorter and cooler and the mornings often begin with a mist laying heavy over the valley. It’s a beautiful place to live and work, but at the … Read More
So that was the month that was…
I mentioned in my last blog post that things would be quiet around here whilst I got on with the myriad tasks in hand for the Vintage Shetland Project, as well as all the other tasks that go on anyway. … Read More
Announcing a Barn Sale!
Over the years I have managed to collect a huge amount of ‘stuff’ and after vainly attempting to upload just some of this onto Ebay, I decided a much less time consuming and much more fun way of finding it … Read More
What a difference a year makes
A whole year has passed since we made our move to our hill farm in the North Lancashire countryside and what a year it has been. We have experienced tremendous highs – shearing our own sheep, growing our own food, … Read More
Knitting on a hill in Monkley Ghyll – and the visit of a close friend
The weeks since Christmas are already flying past. The to do list is apparently lengthening by the day but I was fortunate to have a couple of days grace when my good friend, designer extraordinaire Helene Magnusson arrived for a … Read More
A Love Letter to Lancashire
When we began our mammoth move from the North West coastline, up the M6 and higher and higher from sea level to 400 feet above sea level, I don’t think either Gavin or I really fully appreciated exactly what lay … Read More
Gavin and Susan’s Excellent Adventure
Tomorrow sees the start of our big adventure, when Gavin and I commence our move to our farm in the North Lancashire hills, with Cumbria just to the North and the Pennines stretching out in front of us to the … Read More