September is nearly over and we’re enjoying wonderful weather still. At the end of last week watching Iolanthe at the Minack Theatre under a full moon which cast its light over the sea and a simply amazing production of this Gilbert and Sullivan favourite and I thought yet again what a wonderful place to live – we have so many fabulous places so close to Boscrowan. It is a real privilege to live here.
We have virtually completed the ‘uncle annexe’ ( same as Granny it’s just we have an Uncle!) overlooking the pond at the end of my workroom and it has been named – Toad Hall. After all, in The Wind in The Willows, Toad declared it the finest house on the riverbank and indeed it is. Underfloor heating fuelled by a ground source heat pump, floor to ceiling glass on the South elevation overlooking the pond, silver travertine floor, oak windows and doors, a growing sedum roof above the living area, 100 square metres of patio in sandstone which David is at this moment laying and we have a home that we all want to go and live in!
Room with a view
After a tidy up it now looks like this –
Toad Hall living and dining area – view to the pond
But we are still awaiting the double ended free standing bath – tomorrow we hope!
More pictures to follow soon.
Curtains to hang this week, the long patio to finish, some external lights beside the oak pillars and a few small tasks and the move is planned for this coming weekend.
Then we have the wedding of eldest daughter Jenny to Peter in four weeks time at Madron Church with the reception in a marquee in the field that you can often find the horses in – just over the bridge beyond the buildings. The field in question is being harrowed and rolled and generally spruced up in readiness, I am praying that the wonderful Old Man’s Beard (wild clematis) in some of our hedgerows will still be around to use with the flower decorations and that I can squeeze a few more weeks of splendour from the hanging baskets around the cottages. Flower dead heading has now even more purpose than usual.
Our delightful guests who left yesterday requested more blog posts from me as they love keeping up on our news and activities. Now Toad Hall is almost finished perhaps I’ll find some more time for this.
