It’s warble and bauble day!
Heard of “stir up Sunday”. Forget it, old hat, so last year dear. Today we have warble and bauble day decorating the house and the tree. It’s been a long standing tradition in this household for at least half an […]
Bits and Pieces
Bits and pieces of rain. What’s that about on the weather forecast? If people are being hit by bits and pieces of rain, why aren’t more being admitted to hospital. Maybe they are and that is why A&E is in a bad […]
Jack Frost nipping at your…
… bits! The first real frost of the year. The temperature dropped to -4 degrees. The actual temperature recorded at the Lysdinam weather centre was -4.2 at 09.00 29/11 – a far cry from the recorded lowest in the 1980’s […]
Royal Welsh Winterfair
Up at the crack of sparrows as usual, do the domestics, and off to Builth Wells for the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Winter Show and Christmas fair. To think we used to travel miles to these events, and this one […]
Happyhens
This is Sandie choosing a couple of new bantams, after the death of two of the travellers. We ended up with six!. How did that happen? This is Sandie with Nicki of Happyhens.co.uk – and immaculately run and managed chicken […]
Hello to you!
and welcome to Merryhall. This web site and blog is devoted to a rather special cottage and its grounds as well as the surrounding area. We would like to share with family and friends just what makes this place special […]
Aside
Where do you stand on the “men pointing Percy or sitting down having a pee” debate? This emerged in The Times this week (Carol Midgley 23/11) as a hot topic around the theme of what is so difficult about aiming and […]
Sad news
After a long illness our lovely Silkie (Tonic – sister of Gin) passed away in her sleep on Tuesday night. In her heyday she was a very vocal girl letting everyone know that she had laid …. Also a bit […]
Soggy Monday
Ever since we’ve been here, the locals have been commenting on how lucky we have been. Worrying that. Such a lovely Autumn they say, compared to last year (you may recall news items stating from then commenting on 89 continuous […]