October 2008 - Page 4 of 4 - Farm Holiday Cottages

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number eleven there are five new photographs on the Photo Page

Another pictures taken at Copped Hall – Mansion destroyed internally by fire in 1917 but since 1990 been taken over by a Trust to restore it to how it was before the fire….a long job but an amazing transformation even in the short time since 1995 when they started work….Jill

Male statues on summerhouse (telemons)Jill.

25-cup egg poacher. Jill.

This the Birthday Card that my Granddaughter sent me. Elsie.

More fungi for Jordan from Elsie.

Photos I took this on the 27th Sept. Rose W’canton.

Part of an email I received from the Virgin Islands. It is going on a bit. Lets hope that it will be worth it.

Sorry I have been so out of touch but this has been a very busy hurricane and remodeling season for me.
As for a status update…
Everything is a go, just taking more time than I would have ever guessed.
We have the necessary approvals and the underwater security holder has been
constructed, the solar power set up and gel battery are the only hold ups.
Waiting on the panel I am told as well as the gel style battery since it
will be in a marine environment and we don’t want to risk contaminating the
water with an acid spill. Worst case scenario is the cam will be up and
running in December. I am truly hoping for November. With regards, Michael.

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number six there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

I am sure you will like this one. Elsie

This will wind the ladies up. Elsie

The ladies will certainly not like this one.
Elsie

Three photos I took on the 27th Sept. Rose W’canton.

We have finished electrifying around the Lake to stop the Otter from getting any of our Fish. We had hoped to start on the Pond that is next to the Lake but our contractor who will need to top the area has hurt his foot and cant drive his tractor. It is not goods news as one of this weeks Holiday Guests who is on a Fishing Holiday has seen a very large Carp in the Pond. There are a lot of fish in the Pond. It was never our intention to stock the Pond but the fry have gone through the Lakes overflow pipes that goes into the Pond. Now that we know that the Pond is well stocked we will get it ready so that it will be able to be fished next year. It is going to be a major job preparing it as a some years back we stocked it with a number of different varieties of Bullrushes. Not one of my better ideas as now it is three fifths full of the things. Around the Pond is also well overgrown as we left it to encourage wildlife, all it has managed to encourage is very thick bramble. So before we can make a start it will need to be topped.

It was Branston that spooked the Badgers tonight. Some how he had managed to knock a gate down that separates where he wanders about and the Badger Field. Rattling a bucket of feed soon got him out of the Field. We did notice one of the Badgers was lame on its offside rear leg.

The photograph of the Mushroom Rose sent in is a variety that we use to get in our Fields when we had Cattle. We also use to get one the same but opposite colouring. When we stopped having Cattle the Mushrooms disappeared. They were the best Mushrooms we have ever tasted.