It’s not quite fair to say I forgot the blinds in Bluebell (the smallest of our peak district cottages). We had them on order but they didn’t arrive till just before Christmas so I didn’t get time to fit them. Well Bluebell was free today (guests don’t come in till tomorrow) so I decided I had better get on with it.
Why is nothing easy. we have bought lots of blind over the last 6 years from blinds-2go.co.uk (very helpful company) so I thought I knew what I was getting. Unfortunately these had to be made to measure where as all the rest had been standard Velux fit blinds. When they arrived I noticed they weren’t as wide as our other ones. Then I started wondering how I was going to fit them. Easy on the old blinds but these had not catches to screw into the window! In the end I gave up trying to figure it out and read the installation instructions. Then the penny dropped. Blinds-2go had said they were ‘conservatory’ blinds. I had not taken any notice and just assumed they were the same. In fact the installation is completely different as it assumes you can push little plastic lugs into the rubber separating the glass from the frame. Not on our windows you can’t. So it’s into modification mode. It turns out it didn’t need that much modification. Just a few new holes in the top and bottom and the ‘lugs’ taken off. It was too cold to work in the garage so I ‘borrowed’ Shirley’s kitchen. It wasn’t a difficult job but by the time I had finished the kitchen was strewn with tools etc. Anyhow the job is now done. And very nice they look too. I just have two more to put up in Sheepfold (one of our bigger cottages) and that will be it.
Blue and Smudge in the Snow
I then spent the rest of the afternoon starting a new blog for the dogs!! It wasn’t my idea. Anyhow I have now updated an old blog test site I have had for 3-4 months and have started modifying it to be the ‘dogs’ own blog. You can have a look at it at www.pet-friendly-holiday.co.uk. It’s just a bit of fun but might be interesting to dog lovers as I have tried to write it from a dogs (or in our case two dogs) perspective. Smudge is the lay back ‘where is my next meal coming from’ kind of dog were as Blue is the ‘where are we going, what is there to do next’ kind of dog.
Chris Swaap
