Chapelhill Steading

My sister has asked for an update on the wellbeing of our cats Mick and Keef. They have had a bit of a traumatic time since arriving up North... there is no cat flap on our caravan and thus they spend a lot of their time outdoors. The winter was pretty chilly out there last year and they looked unhappy most days. On the upside, they have benefited from the immense amount of free food which has come in the form of many many wild bunnies that live in our garden and the opposite field. On the whole though, they have become a pair of scavenging ferral felines.

We think they will be a lot happier when they have a house with a catflap and a big warm fire!

Meanwhile, the stud walls inside the steading are improving all the time... John was here all day on Saturday and completed studding the other long wall. It's beginning to look like a house now - you can see where all the windows and doors will go and get a feeling for the space that we are creating!

The other thing that has been keeping us busy is making steps which lead from the bottom garden up to the top garden and polytunnel. The route up there has been a bit hairy up until now... but now it is safe.
And then there's the ever growing ENORMOUS baby who has a very great appetite at the moment...

She loved the pureed apricot and pear breakfast this morning!!