The Boys’ Brigade, (BB) have set up tents and marquees on the camping field on Beach Close. For the past two years Covid restricted any activity and before that camping clubs etc. used the site. The field is owned by the Beeston Group and the sheds housing the facilities are in a terrible state. I should add after viewing their website, their other sites look to be in fine fettle; it seems to be just Overstrand that has not been maintained to a good standard. The BBs have

We always get spiders in our home; I guess it is the construction materials which attracts them, but this year they have been like an invasion with spiders both outside and indoors. They are mainly false widows and the daddy longlegs type. The exterior of our home has been draped with webs, like something from a Hammer horror film. Periodically we go out and remove the webs, so if you see us going round the exterior of our home either with a brush or microfibre equivalent o

After a bit of fiddling, which involved remounting, Peter has successfully installed the new satellite dish. Not that we are watching much TV at the moment but it will come into its own in the winter months and far better to replace now, in the good weather, than have the dish fail when it is cold and windy. This morning, I have provided Peter with another task. The current heatwave has presented me with the ideal opportunity to wash our quilted patchwork bedspread. What

Following the fitting of new carpet in our bedroom on Monday, we put everything back in place in the heat of the afternoon; the following shower was most welcome. Next on ‘the list’ - a new window in the workshop and a replacement satellite dish. Peter ordered the new window and our ever-helpful village builder, Gary, who re-roofed our home last summer, is fitting it with Peter assisting. Gary told us the old tiles from our roof which were quite brittle, hence the reason fo

The challenge has been completed; we have cleared our bedroom, ready for the carpet fitters to arrive this afternoon. Such a warm day and I know I shouldn’t complain, but I think it is going to be a ‘sweaty’ job when we put everything back later on, after the fitters have finished. Actually, should I have said ‘sweaty’? Women are said to glow and not sweat, so perhaps I will glow and leave the sweating to Peter! The one thing I am sure of is; a shower afterwards is going

All went well on Wednesday. The BHF collected our electrical equipment, our bedroom was measured for new carpet and its laying booked in for next week. It is going to be a challenge, clearing our bedroom of furniture, some items will have to be moved downstairs and the rest packed into the ensuite, but we have done it before so no doubt will manage again. In the afternoon we walked up towards Northrepps before cutting across the ‘airfield’ and returning home through the vi

We have been putting off getting new carpet in our lounge/dining room. With Barney in his advanced years, we were concerned he may at some point become incontinent or have the occasional ‘accident’. It would have been a shame for this to happen on a new carpet. As it was, Barney maintained full control up until his final minutes and then it was only a minor leak from his bladder. On Wednesday the fitters from Cromer Carpets arrived with rolls of underlay and our new carpet