Archive for June, 2007

Flat Adder

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Whilst running the other day Ruth nearly stepped on an adder that was lying in the road next to where we live.
Happily she avoided the little guy, and came to tell us all about it.
John Luke, Reuben, and Ruth all went back to where the adder was basking (by the edge of the road) and [...]

‘Free’ Heat

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

We are installing underfloor heating into the farmhouse.
The heat for the underfloor system will come from the land in front of the house via a ground source heat pump.
This picture shows the first of four 50 metre trenches needed to collect the heat. Each trench is 1.2 metres deep and has a plastic pipe laid [...]