Another visit to Gannets, July 2016

Judith and I have just returned from another great stay in Gannets and wanted to share a few things with you.

When we arrived we were amazed at the amount that things have grown! I think it's been quite wet in East Anglia this Summer and that has clearly had an effect on the apple trees, the rosemary, and the plants in the front garden. I trimmed the rosemary and Judith made the front garden nice again, but we won't tackle the trees until Autumn. Hopefully there will be lots of apples for our guests to enjoy later in the year! Judith also replanted the circular tub outside the back door and I think that's looking fantastic with red and white flowers.

We have seen in the visitors' book that the builders opposite have been noisy on occasion. We're sorry about this, but we weren't told at the time or we could have done something about it. The last time we were in Gannets, and during our stay last week, they were remarkably quiet! And they were meant to have finished work in May too. But if you're bothered by noise and you don't want to approach them yourself then give us a call and we'll get in touch with them.

You may have noticed that the house adjoining ours is the subject of a planning application. The lovely old chap who used to live there moved into a nursing home and sold the house to a developer. The developer wishes to knock it down! As you can imagine, nobody in the village wants this and there were dozens of protests submitted for the last application. A new application has just been raised so we're hoping the same will happen, but we'll just have to see.

I was able to improve the situation with the back door last week. I raised its hinges in the frame to stop the door catching on the cill and it not locking easily. The door itself is dropping a little over time, and eventually we'll have to replace it, but for now it's fine again. I certainly wouldn't want a door with less glass in it when the view through it is so beautiful!

I also put some new sealing strip on the shower screen and added some mastic around the hinge to try to stop leaks during showering. I'm not sure it's worked completely but I hope it's better.

Judith arranged to have a new towel rail fitted in the bathroom and a new radiator installed next to the dining table. We think both are improvements and hope you agree :).

And finally, we have a new Satellite dish and receiver. The controls for the receiver are slightly different but it has a good quality picture so I hope it's not a problem. Obviously we've updated the instructions.

That's all for now. As always, any comments, criticisms and suggestions are welcome so please get in touch :).