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has it been a year already .!! classic time at the St. Neot Flower Show 2004 - don't like to talk about it, but one word: silverware .!!

after a rest / fund-raising period we have started the boldest new project yet .!!

for the green-fingered there is the annual St. Neot Flower Show 2003 where dick did rather well but doesn't like to talk about it much

the poor old girl was worn out - so we put her into retirement to roam the woods for the rest of her days

check out the latest happenings and select from below

New and improved 'the house' section - see all the new rooms here 

bye bye van, bye bye bike, buy car

 

thanks for all the pictures - welcome to the gallery 

 

the garden in august 2002

 

the St. Neot flower show 

 

the local woods and hedgerows 

 

the end garage looked like it was falling down......so we helped it ..!!      

 

the front garden and path needed a face-lift   

 

the garden in april  

 

places to visit and, frankly, places not to visit 

 

new walls on my wagon - well, round the bathroom actually...

 

acro-prop-city while we replace the rotten beams  

 

threatening to become a new-regular - home-made-take-aways

 

new year celebrations and visitors - over 18s only, this is sexy stuff - not.!   

 

re-wiring - a main event during january / february  

 

latest tool additions  - i am happy to report a huge influx of bought and hired tools.  

 

the 'dickthebuilder family'  

 

he's got the jack - further adventures of Angus (not Angus Young)  

 

something for the readers out there - paula's diary

 

a roof .!  bloody hell, a roof .! my kingdom for a roof .!

 

headline 'new roof creates new room

 

installing the new rayburn (see also rayburn demolition, below) 

 

digging holes with a digger - what it was designed for and good fun

 

demolition work with a digger - less conventional but  superb fun, if scary...

 

seconds away [ding ding] - the 'trago hill' incident - 2.5 Jeep Wrangler v Peugot 106

 

with that lovely blonde hair - why has paula been dying her roots brown .?  help is at hand...

 

the central heating part i - never drill holes *that* close to the water tank

 

the central heating part ii - the design, features and foul-ups

 

PPI - the Pasty Performance Index  

 

that garden design course has come in handy at last

 

September fun - it all started with a house-warming gift.

 

dismantling the Rayburn - you start with good intentions, but......

 

they came, they saw, they built with concrete - ooh, and they walked...they're parents

 

sorry can be the hardest word - BT prove their worth on this planet.

 

more 'now-you-see-it, now-you-dont' magic tricks with building materials

 

temporary roof #3 - you could surf this baby ..!!

 

the cesspit is emptied - check the turd-humour on the side of the lorry.

 

David Copperfield would be impressed - a 3/4 bedroom house into two rooms ..!!




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