It has been a while since I last wrote a blog about the development of Brynteg. We have been rather busy trying to catch up on the year lost to COVID-19 restrictions. News coming soon…
Category: Brynteg Renovations
Wood ash is an excellent raw resource that has many benefits and uses.
Below are the benefits of using wood ash in the garden – practical ways of using it for plants and in soil.
A lot of the blogs over the years have been about renovations of the cottage and annexe. Now it is time to write about the land.
What a fantastic month this has been. Despite the circumstances with COVID-19, there has been a vast progression with the renovations with the cottage and annexe.
It is so great to be back in Anglesey to continue with the renovations of the cottage and be amongst Anglesey friends once more. It has been a very busy time away from Anglesey with work and leisure activities preventing us from sitting watching rubbish on the TV, which has helped to pass time and…
It has been a busy 3 months since lockdown commenced resulting in renovations on the cottage being placed on hold. The first 5 weeks of lockdown I’ve been in furlough and returned to work, but working from home, on 1 May, which has been really busy. During furlough a tribute film to Jim Henson to…
Digging up the kitchen floor commenced with an amazing find of an assortment of glass bottles from local breweries such as Keegan & Flanagan, Holyhead, J K & S Ltd, H & A Gilley Ltd, and more. These will most likely have been buried under the kitchen floor since around 1903. It took some time…
February is the shortest month of the year, even in a leap year, filled with Valentine’s Day, the beginning of lighter evenings, the start of snowdrops and daffodils flowering, and at Brynteg, the commencing of the cottage and annexe floors. A floor installation contractor came and went through what work will be required to install…
New Year, New Pipes With the year starting off with watching fireworks in London with neighbours, we were amazed by the crowds and how much they must have spent to watch this spectacular display out in the cold when we watched it in the warmth of our home on the television. Meanwhile, at Brynteg, the…
The first 2 weeks of this month focused on getting the last part of the trenches for the water mains and drains dugout. Despite the rain and wind, this was completed leaving the new water pipes to be shaped, soldered and laid. With the pipes laid, insulation pipe wrap was put around the pipes to…