Latest Photos from The Granary

The Map on Kitchen/Diner wall

The beginnings of a garden

Rosemoor

Wildflower meadow at Rosemoor

Glorious Devon

Another wonderful evening following a week of good weather at The Granary.  Here on my own with just Badger for company as Hil has taken her Mother home after her first official visit. Have spent the week showing the mother-in-law some of the local towns and attractions and the reason why we love the area and want to spend as much time here as possible.
The inside of The Granary is now almost complete although we still need a few more pictures including to replace the one I managed to crack on the way down!  Luckily the Ordance Survey map of the local area which I have had printed and framed survived the journey and is now installed in the kitchen/diner. Tomorrow we should have the delivery of some bedroom furniture which has been held up for a few weeks. 
Have started work on the small courtyard garden and now have a small border of lavender and other plants which do not need too much watering. Our neighbour has also kindly offered to water them when we are away.  People here are so friendly!
Will post pictures when back on PC as not so easy from this IPad.
This week we also managed another visit to RHS Rosemoor which is probably our favourite, non-coastal attraction. The roses were absolutely amazing despite the heavy rain of recent weeks. The wildflower meadow with orchids was also spectacular.

Looking forward!

This good weather makes us look forward to visiting The Granary for as long as possible in the summer and hopefully most of the major jobs have been completed.
Last week was spent in Anglesey celebrating my 60th with the whole family - we had a fantastic time and visited some great beaches including Rhosneigr, Newborough and Church Bay.  However we still love North Devon and are looking forward to getting back to Parkham and to visit some of our favourite places such as Instow,  Appledore,  Northam Burrows and Greencliff.  We also always try to call in at RHS Rosemoor where there is always something new to see, whenever we call in -  and the coffee is great!
Have had delivered an OS map centred on Parkham which will take pride of place in our kitchen/living room.  The map was relatively cheap, the problem was finding a frame for it without breaking the bank!  Luckily eframe.co.uk produced a standard frame which was a perfect fit and the map looks great -  putting it securely on the wall will be first job when we return next week.
We will also have our first proper visitor -  the mother-in-law for three nights, wish me luck!