"So wise so young, they say, do never live long". Quote (Act III, Scene I).

"So wise so young, they say, do never live long". Quote (Act III, Scene I).

From Shakespears The Tragedy of Richard the Third

Today on the news an announcement regarding the true location of the site of Richard's demise and the crowning of Henry Tudor. Archaeological discoveries have been made and a full report can be found on the link below. This looks like a good day out and a place that the dogs can go too! So another jaunt to add to our ever growing diary of events and activities that will fill the Five Sheds calendar this year.

Also received an email and text message regarding some Harley Davidson filming taking place on the weekend of 27th/28th February in Lakenheath, Suffolk. Not sure what it is for but the shout is out for Harley riders (as many as possible) to come along for the filming. Woz says he'll go depending on the weather and the amount of salt on the roads as cleaning the bike afterwards takes ages.

And the forecast for Monday is more snow..........great, just in time for the first windows being removed and replaced! We shall let you know how we get on!!

And more rain...............

Very foggy and frosty first thing followed by miserable wet weather that made a journey to the deepest darkest regions of suffolkshire (Red Lodge) a pretty unpleasant experience; the A14 was just horrible with lorry spray and that revolting heavy rain with mist that seems to roll across the road from the fields either side. An added bonus was the Toyota driver who i followed off the slip road of the A11 and when we turned right at a junction seemed to think he was still on a one way traffic roadway and proceeded to drive headlong towards a roundabout on the wrong side of the road nearly causing an horrific accident. As it was obvious that he was doing something so wrong, I stayed well back until he had sorted himself out. However even the roundabout was difficult for him to negotiate so it was with some relief that he turned off fairly soon afterwards and out of my path.

Today Woz went to see how the windows are progressing; next week should see all of the new sash windows installed to the front of the house and our new front door. That being the case Woz decided to go and get the paint for the stone sills. Check out the link below for the Farrow and Ball website, click on the paint page and select 'green's. The colour of our door and sills will be 'Calke Green'. Thought we would post the link for the colour for those of you too far away to be able to just drive past and see :)

http://www.farrow-ball.com/default.aspx?language=en-GB

Thinking back, looking forward

Next Friday will mark what would have been McDuff's 14th birthday; this photo taken on a beach in Norfolk some time ago (and me with shorter hair!) is one of my favourite pictures and memories of a lovely weekend spent camping. Ruby (the majestic lady to the left of the picture for those who don't know) will be 14 years old in June.

I thought I would put this photo up today as it is so bleak, damp and cold outside, a sunny picture raises the spirits!

On the home front, the scaffolding is now up and we have discovered a small hole where rain has been getting in under the roof tiles; this now explains the reason for some 'blown' plaster in the exterior wall of the front bedroom and which we will now have to get re-plastered before we can decorate. Woz will fill the hole again (if it can stop raining for a while) and he has also started to remove the old blue paint from the stone sills ready for the new windows; the sills will still be painted (as the blue paint has penetrated the soft stone) and they will match the new door - a lovely shade of green.

Looking further forward - four weeks on Saturday until France v England - not that i'm getting excited or anything :)

Busy weekend, lots of plans

So - that was the second weekend of the Six Nations and a mixed bag of results. We watched the Wales v Scotland match - and got very excited up until the 70th minute and then very disappointed with the end result. Good wishes to Thom Evans, Chris Paterson and Rory Lamont following the injuries sustained during the game and subsequently keeping them out of the rest of the tournament if not the rest of the season.

The France v Ireland match was a delight to watch; especially since Ireland got a good run about and their opponents were very classy (in Lindz's world anyway); And as for Italy v England - well Italy have come on as a side not to dismiss and England need to take stock and get their act together if there are to be no upsets later on.

Also spent time with friends Roy and Ali (amongst others) at our monthly HOG chapter meeting up at Mundford, Norfolk. Spent the time browsing the French country cottage brochure choosing a cottage to rent when we travel to Normandy later this year. More to follow on the preparations for this in future posts however there are at least six of us going possibly eight.

It will be our intention to visit the D-Day beaches, the Bayeux Tapestry and enjoy visiting the fishing ports and the fish markets as well as other places of interest that berween us we would like to see.

Today the scaffolding was being erected in preparation for our new windows being installed next week; and right now it's snow/sleeting again - lets hope it's cleared up before next Monday otherwise its going to be chilly work and a cold house!

We shall see clearly now the windows are coming....

After weeks...nay months.......of waiting we shall be receiving our new windows in a fortnights time. Our friend Tass has been booked to install and we went to look at them yesterday to see how they were progressing. Also the stained glass panel from Grandma's old windows has been completely overhauled, glass cleaned, new lead fitted and then encased in a double glazed unit ready to be fitted into our new front door which is also being made.

Our living room and front bedroom windows are being replaced with sash windows as the current ones were installed in the 1970's and although match the other three semi's don't really go with the Victorian architecture. We have a photo of the houses from the early 20th century showing that they all had sash windows so we thought we would return the property to its original look. Also being replaced are the dining room and rear bedroom windows, again all sash.

We also discovered why our windows have taken so long to make. Adam Clayton (U2) is having a property completely refurbished in London and he (or the builers) ordered 250 replacement sash windows. So - poor Five Sheds has had to wait. And for that reason shall not be buying their new album....ok, maybe thats not relevant as I don't buy them anyway! :)

So all hands to the pump, we have some organising to do before the windows arrive, scaffolding to erect next week and we can finally get some more work done in the house!

On the theme of Valentines......

Got to add the following link as it's just too funny :) Scroll through the vids to find the english one!

http://www.youtube.com/puma

In the meatime, update in Twitter world - Chabal is rested and hopefully playing in a league match for RM92 weekend of 20th Feb. Let's hope that Lievremont decides to select him for forthcoming France games as the trip to Paris is looming!

x

Looking ahead to the better weather

What with the snow flurries, sleet and then bursts of sunshine in a bright blue sky, the weather today is a bit mixed up. Whilst out today driving to appointments my mind wandered off to the summer months and the realisation that it is nearly a year since we went to Scotland and stayed in the Wigwam in Dumfries and Galloway, and much too long ago since we last went to Gairloch.

With a new tent to try out, maybe a late summer trip to the north west of Scotland can be arranged?

http://www.wigwamholidays.com/

Check out the link above to see what a 'Wigwam' holiday is all about.

The Monday after the weekend before

Its been a busy morning back in 'real world land' after a weekend of partying until the wee small hours. The Winter Ball was particularly good ......Woz excelling himself with his 'Beer Glasses'; I'll have some other pictures to share once they have been emailed to me.

Today is 12 years since Ruby came to live with Woz and 7 years since I first moved into the village.....where does time go?

6Nations - didn't get to see first match (Ireland v Italy), hotel manager put the England v Wales match on in the main hotel bar and then we had to get ready for the Ball so were watching while getting dressed up. Woz says - good game but England could have done better. Managed to watch Scotland v France at the pub back home - I wore my Scotland shirt, Woz was even supporting them! But on the day France were definately the better side. Roll on next weekend for the next round (hopefully 'The' man will be fit to play!)

The Six Nations is coming!

Welcome to our daily (hopefully) diary of the wonderous and sometimes crazy world of the Five Sheds family; Woz, Lindz, Ruby and Ruairi.

February 2010 is now upon us, the ice and snow (for now) has disappeared and the Six Nations Rugby is about to start - hurrah!

We support a mixture of domestic and international teams between us - Woz is England and Harlequins through and through; Lindz supports Scotland and Racing Metro 92 (a French team in the TOP14 domestic league) Oh - and the reason (as anyone who knows me will testify) is a particular player - Sebastien Chabal! We're off to the France v England game and Lindz and her good friend Sally (and Wasps supporter) recently attended the second leg of the Amlin Challenge Cup RM92 v Wasps - great trip, excellent game, positive result (from RM92) but Wasps topped the pool and they're through to the next round. The photo is of me at the RM92 ground in Colombes, near Paris with Valeriane Fourmy - a rugby supporter and ladies 7's player who we met prior to the game along with her friend Pierre-Eric who both very kindly spent the evening with us.

Another passion in the Five Sheds world - Harley Davidson. We both ride (although Lindz doesn't ride as much as she used to) but we enjoy the lifestyle, the friends we have made and the places we have been including a trans-european tour to Latvia and back via Sweden and Denmark.

This year we intend to travel to Normandy as well as attending various rallies across England and also getting out and about to lots of other destinations during the year. We belong to a Harley Owners Group club and this weekend is the club Winter Ball - the guys in suits and the girls in frocks - makes a change from the leathers! Photo to follow.