Since moving to moving to my rural home in the glorified shed last autumn it’s been quite a learning curve. Settling into my new surroundings and embarking on a renovation project like never before, have each involved many new challenges and lessons.
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So this is
what I’ve learnt so far...
A building
or renovation project does not, as rumoured, take twice as long and cost twice
as much as expected to complete. It does, in fact, take at least three times as
long and cost at least three as much as expected – well, in our case anyway.
I’ll let you know if those figures change further. Of course, if we weren’t
trying to live in the building at the same time, and could afford an expert
team...
Having
taken an interest in birds since moving here, I’m now able to identify quite a
variety of species on sight, but am yet to master identification by song. With
the odd exception, I can rarely identify a bird by its call, though I often
wish that I could. The other day I heard a very shrill noise, and was just
wondering which bird it belonged to, when my husband walked round the corner
pushing a squeaky wheelbarrow! I still have much to learn!
Sadly, a
fair amount of rubbish gets washed up with the tides on this stretch of river – but on the bright side
we seem to acquire an endless supply of footballs!
In a small
village, you may think that people don’t know you or anything about you – but
you’re wrong!
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