The torrential storms of the last few days have reduced the area around the caravan to a patch of deep mud.
It was supposed to have all been filled in with Type One, but at the last minute in August before the static arrived we realised that the area prepared for it was two metres shorter than was needed, and an emergency digger evacuation had to take place.
Which didn’t leave us time to backfill that extra area with aggregate. And which has now rendered access to the front door of the caravan almost impassable. It’s like the Somme around there. Wellies sink several inches in.
And of course although the spaniel could go the other way around the caravan to gain access, he always dives straight in to the mud pool. Nice.
So my task today whilst husband was working hard on the caravan was to wheelbarrow tonnes of type one around to the mud patch and shovel it manually into the vast, mud-sucking void in order to gain some traction and slightly drier access.
I couldn’t do it. I managed one barrow load and my knee was so stiff and painful that I had to stop. I’ve clearly over-estimated what I can do seven weeks after knee surgery and after several months of inactive lockdown. Another job for my poor husband.
We need this to be able to manoever the mattress into the static and have a better night’s sleep tonight! Slightly damp sofa cushions aren’t the best way to ensure a restful night, even though we were well wrapped up and cosy in our quilt in front of the fire.
Thankfully the weather gods have smiled on us at last and the next few days are forecast to be mild and mainly dry.
We will overcome. I just feel pretty pathetic right now.
Ravencroft Skye 
Poor husband! Are you surreptitiously trying to knock him off 😄
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Ha ha! Absolutely not. This one is a keeper 🙂
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Comfort at night is very important. If you can’t sleep well at night, you can’t worl well during the day.
Could you carry the gravel in buckets? I know it would take much longer, but small loads are more achievable and you will feel like you are winning.
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That’s a good idea.. I’ll give it a try tomorrow 👍
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And on the bed front, it’s up. We sleep on a proper mattress tonight 💃💃💃
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Yay!! You will sleep deeply now.
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👍😴😴
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Please be careful of mold, especially with damp sofa cushions!
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We will be, thank you. We have windows open whilst it’s drying out to ventilate as much as possible, and a proper dehumidifier coming.
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I just saw your request for my blog but I stopped blogging in June. I don’t have a way to move my archives to my desktop so I’m leaving it up for now and have set it to private. If I ever return to blogging I’ll let you know! 🙂
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Thank you 😊
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Don’t be too hard on yourself! Knowing your limits is a good thing. You wouldn’t want to do damage now, that will affect you years from now!
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Thank you. We’ll just have to take it slowly and steadily 👍
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