Tan Tan, the chick who once upon a time used to jump into my hand, having been discovered hiding under the bed in the spare room, has developed into an interesting cross with strong signs of silkie parentage. The other…

Well Ian was quite right, I arrived home from a few days in Swanage to find the chicken shed full of chicks! There are quite a lot of little white ones with a couple of browns. The evil mother hen…

Exclusive designer socks – truely unique as I cannot imagine knitting another pair however much Ian pleads with me! 

Little chicks 

Hen and chicks 

At the weekend, Kate and I moved a light sussex hen that had decided to brood a clutch of eggs in the undergrowth by the side of the road. This morning I discovered her with a few chicks beneath her.…

I forgot to say that Ian has put a website together for Bridge End www.bridge-end-house.co.uk.

We had 9 viewings! Gareth advertised Min House in the Newcastle Journal, and Ruralscene (www.ruralscene.co.uk) had just listed us, plus we had a viewing from our ad on acountrylife.com. The first on Friday were in with Gareth and said they…

I heard the baby owls for the first time last night, and again this morning when I was in the barn. The adult owls or have been very active over the last few days – well at least we have…

Sunday afternoon