by laurelsbb | May 22, 2014 | Blog, Landslide and sinkhole
Forecasting The final(ish) report is in from The Boffins.Having read it and spoken to our insurers, it’s a goodish news/baddish news story really.The goodish news – if you can call it that, is that it’s official now, that everyone is blaming the developers, who... 
by laurelsbb | May 14, 2014 | Landslide and sinkhole, Blog
We had two guys round from Scottish TV today. Perhaps, in an effort to make us feel more comfortable, they had decided to adopt a very convincing Home Counties accent. ‘Posh Will’ and ‘Not So Posh Nathan’ arrived early afternoon to do some filming for a Channel 5... 
by laurelsbb | Apr 24, 2014 | Blog, Landslide and sinkhole
April 17th 2014 Given that The Boffins appear to be in thinking, rather than doing, mode we decided to put together a little video to capture the current state of the place. You can watch this mini-masterpiece of cinematography below; 
by laurelsbb | Apr 3, 2014 | Landslide and sinkhole, Blog
It’s probably just as well I’m not writing this a couple of days ago, on the 1st April, as no one would have believed it. (I think I may be mixing my past and present tenses there, but you know what I mean). Yesterday the boring guys had been continuing to... 
by laurelsbb | Mar 26, 2014 | Landslide and sinkhole, Blog
March 26th 2014 Well, the boring guys duly disappeared off to the farmer’s field today, despite their worries that permission hadn’t been granted (it had) and that they may have to avoid some shotgun pellets, whilst pounding holes in his land. It’s a... 
by laurelsbb | Mar 20, 2014 | Landslide and sinkhole, Blog
March 20th 2014 Picture the scene, if you will. A local builder is hired to replace an old wall at a lovely B&B. He knocks the old one down and proceeds to lay foundations for a shiny new one. (Not that the wall was supposed to be shiny – Just sort of red)....