Merry Christmas

We would like to wish everyone who follows / reads this blog a very merry Christmas & lots of best wishes for the festive season.

Love from Carl & Janet x

Winter work at Wharfedale nr Grassington

Where did the summer season go at Hargill House nr Richmond, North Yorkshire? We are working at the wharfedale site now until early Jan 2014. It is one of our favorite sites & feel very lucky to have the chance to work here. As the site is run by 2 couples it will give us chance to have days off during the week to explore the area & give 'the boys' lots of lovely walks - of course visiting the local watering holes too!

Waiting for Carl...

This picture reminds me of Steven Townsend's painting of a border collie which is titled 'Waiting for Stan'

Our bonny boys...

We are Wardens now!

About a month ago we got a phone call from our RM whilst we were doing winter work at Brighton, to say that we had been promoted & that we had a choice of two sites on the network - we chose Richmond Hargill House. Even though the site is just 2 miles from Scotch Corner on the busy A66 it's still a really pretty site with gorgeous views of the North Yorkshire moors. We run the site as a single couple, therefore work a straight 24 days but then we have a week off. We open on Friday 15th March - so here's to a busy season!

Embarrassing day yesterday

We've upset the locals in Battle already! Yesterday we went into country clothing with the dogs & Jake thought the small manikin in the window was a child & he wanted to play with it! He pushed it slightly & it fell over hit the window & it's arm fell off - luckily the window didn't break, we apologized & made a swift exit, lol.

Brighton

Today we all had a lovely walk into Brighton. The skies were blue & it was almost warm! We walked along the prom just past the new pier & we then headed into the centre, via The Lanes - which is very quaint & full of very different unique shops. After a quick coffee stop we headed back to the front & walked back to site along the beach. We walked just shy of 8 miles today & don't my feet know it!