Bob Vila has provided an excellent bi-annual checklist to be carried out on housing in autumn and spring. It deals more with detached housing than semi-detached or terraced housing, but it’s a good basis to develop your own checklist from. It’s also one that’s worth looking at even if you’re renting, as you may need […]
Well, first snowfall for most parts - I know there’s been snow in Scotland earlier in the year. But for most parts of the UK, last night’s flurries of snow were the first of the year. The BBC have some coverage (no pun intended), starting with pictures of snow from the public.
However, in illustration of […]
Over on the Fire and Light page, I recommend wood fires. A recent visitor to this site asked if wood burning is not bad for the environment, and I went to do some research on it. The answer is essentially that wood burning is not environmentally unfriendly, although there are some aspects of it you […]
There was an article in Friday’s Independent, which says that unpredictable weather is making clothes-buying difficult. Basically, when you can’t expect winter to be cold, or summer to be dry, it makes planning ahead a lot harder. I noticed that this year myself; I was wavering back and forth for weeks between my winter and […]