About us: This weeks Mid July Blog.

About us: Apart from the obvious jet stream disaster we are doing quite well this week. Four days in seven were rain free but on the days it did rain it made up for the dry days!!! I brought an old tin bath a few weeks ago for planting in: I thought it would make a nice colourful display in the yard........needless to say the bath is now half full of rain water & if I had planted anything it probably would have drowned!!!
High of the Week: The chicks have been let out into the yard to discover the wider world & they love it.......It's lovely to see them scratching & feeding on grubs & grass. They are still quite small so we were a bit worried about the predatory cats.......but we still have the same number that we started with, good news!
On the furniture front: my favourite piece this week is a huge antique chest of drawers we have restored & painted in a light grey, most of my clothes would fit in it & that's quite a big ask!! The other items which are very popular are the free standing, custom made, kitchen pieces which are being made to order for an old cottage in Bala.
Moan of the week: If there have been any knock on advantages to the tourist industry round here as a result of the London Olympic Games, it is not in evidence here........The local area is suffering quite badly with bookings down all over the categories of  accommodation, hotels, B&B's, guest houses and self catering cottages & camp sites; as long as the London hotels do well I suppose that's all that matters to the great & the good!!!          

About us: We All Got Wet This Week

About us We all took shelter where we could: the chickens under the horse box, the humans and other animals inside.............we were not overwhelmed with campers this week, so we put all our energies into working on furniture orders. I have included some photos of the commission pieces we have made for local customers and some of the pieces that were finished .

Also, on a happy note, we have to announce that Olly has a girlfriend (his first) she is a  border terrier/cross?? called 'Bronwen' and a Welsh lass, so at least they can understand each other!! they are both one year old and have been playing very sweetly together this week as Bronwen's owner was staying in the Cartbarn.
We have an American family staying in the Farmhouse & before they went in I took some new photos to update the website; The family are surprised that in our lovely Welsh summer they need the central heating on in the daytime & a log burning stove on at night......the jet stream certainly has a lot to answer for!!