Disclaimer!

It has come to our attention that 'Valley Gate' has religious connotations. For those of you who have arrived here expecting an allegory on the Gates of Jerusalem, you are going to be sorely disappointed! 'Valley Gate' is the name of the house and the association derives from the name of our road. Valley Farm is just down the road......

Wednesday 26 December 2012

Xmas 2012

 Slightly in advance of a New Years resolution to update the Blog, Happy Christmas from a rather soggy Narberth.  It was just the two of us, Bryn and Bron the cats, Wills and Pippa the ducks and the eight chickens we have now learnt not to name...

 The terrible wet summer (and lack of gardening skills) put paid to a home grown Xmas dinner this year apart from the parsnip, swede and garlic in the chilli glazed carrots, however, we filled the gaps with locally grown produce.     In keeping with 'tradition', the centrepiece of the meal was a curried nut roast (Delia page 298).


The big project for the year was to be a new kitchen for Xmas built by our friend Norman.  However, this has not gone quite to plan.  Earlier in the year we kitted out the utility room in anticipation of loosing the kitchen for a few weeks.  This has now turned into a few months due to a few delays along the way.

We have a new slate floor with underfloor heating, its just that I forgot to order two small connectors and so the plumber had a wasted trip and we still have a cold floor.  We have managed to keep the cooker going, but it is a bit lonely in the middle of the shell of the former kitchen.  Hopefully just a few more weeks and from what we have seen in the workshop it will be worth the wait.  Watch this space.