The Goats Have a New Home!

Written on October 29, 2009 – 9:14 pm | by Chris |

Our Pygmy goats, Billy, Milly and Cher have moved out YIPPEE….. I’m a little sad to see them go, but i wont miss the smell of Billy. It was difficult as sometimes we are away for a few days and although we have someone who feeds the animals while we are away, the goats have [...]

Downstairs update

Written on October 27, 2009 – 8:40 am | by Chris |

Just a quick update showing the progress on the ground floor of the first section of the castle, sorry its a little dark, Ill make sure the next one is better.

First video progress report

Written on October 24, 2009 – 11:10 am | by Chris |

People keep asking me to upload some videos so here is the first.

A new discovery

Written on October 21, 2009 – 10:24 am | by Chris |

When i first bought the castle I used to come up and spend hours here just looking around, for months and months every time i came here I would find something new, a face carved in to the stone, a coat of arms etc to name but a few. Even now we still find things [...]

Bon Voyage

Written on October 15, 2009 – 11:46 am | by Chris |

Well Tom our holiday worker went back today, we dropped him off at the station this morning at 7.30am, He as been a great help and a good laugh, I have to say he is one of the best workers we have had, he gets stuck in and picks things up quickly. We have made [...]

Europian Highland games

Written on October 14, 2009 – 10:24 pm | by Chris |

Well we recently attended the european highland games, not that we are avid followers, it just happens to be held in Bressuire our nearest town, the toss the caber event was going well, nail biting as only 2 of the many contenders had got through, then disaster struck! one guy snapped a caber so they [...]

Organic vegetables

Written on October 12, 2009 – 1:19 pm | by Chris |

Well after sampling some tasty organic veg at a recent BBQ at one of our friends house, we have decided we would like to dedicate a large portion of our back field to a organic vegetable garden. I must admit this is something i know very little about, I will have to do some research, [...]

More pictures of the medieval castle inc panoramic

Written on October 11, 2009 – 2:53 am | by Chris |

Progress: A floor in the castle

Written on October 11, 2009 – 1:55 am | by Chris |

Well its been a busy week, Tom arrived and we got stuck in to plaster boarding the bathroom, but Tom had to change his plans so this meant he wouldnt be here as long as he had planned so work stopped on the bathroom so we could get the concrete finished on the ground floor. [...]

The escapologists

Written on October 9, 2009 – 11:20 pm | by Chris |

Well for some time now our goats billy and milly have been getting out, this baffled us as we have checked all boarders, and highered a lot of the fencing, anyway, today we found out how they were doing it.