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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
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. Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …
Now the trenches are dug out ready for the new water pipes and drain pipes, work can continue on renovating the Annexe. One element required to get part of the job done is lack of THE elements aka rain, which Read More …
With everything prepared for contractors to do work on the Annexe; replacing the roof, installing underfloor heating, putting insulating plasterboard on the walls, and installing a new bathroom, work to the water mains and drains has commenced. The first task Read More …
Work has started on renovating the Annexe to allow us to live comfortably whilst major work is done to the cottage pointing the walls, installing underfloor heating and basically putting it back together. Photos make work at the cottage seem Read More …
A year ago work cutting back trees and getting rid of brambles took place making the section of the garden feel more open and bigger. A year later, as you will see, it was just as well this work took Read More …