Apologies for the recent lack of postings. I’ve not been sure what it would be useful to report. Over the past few weeks we have been seriously pursuing a property that showed some promise. It had a lot going for it – size, location, beauty, business potential but with all that came a hefty price tag and potential problems with the planners. Nonetheless we did all we could to overcome the obstacles and I hoped we might finally have a site worthy of the project. Unfortunately we were pipped at the post by another buyer before we could consider whether making our own offer was possible and wise. Hey ho. A few useful lessons have been learnt though and the search goes on.

Thank you to those of you who responded to my last couple of posts asking for people and plants. More responses would be very welcome!