Dec 10th Lucy and Melanie came see us today, Lucy sadly lost her husband Richard recently and we drown our sorrows last night and the goodly amount of alcohol. Melanie a long-time friend from the past about this dropped into coffee to talk about old times. Great fun but very sad
Dec 9th this is a marvellous old threshing machine belonging to Robert Hambro of Stoke St Gregory, the interesting part of this machine built in 1892 is that not only does it sort the wheat from the chaff, but it also ties the bundles into stooks which are used locally for thatched cottages
Dec 8th Alan Perry, a long-time friend and colleague Alan and I have known each other since I was 15. Having recently given up the job as chairman of Haslemere's museum to Melanie, is basking in the sunshine of extra time although his chairmanship of the Sussex ornithological Society is demanding time together with a host of other interesting activities
Dec 7th Melanie O’Dell. Is soon to take over the chairmanship of the Haslemere Museum, today we donated three lovely linen backed maps to the museum to add to their historical archive. Dated around 1850 they are a good gauge of development within the Haslemere area at that time, I hope they will be made readily available for use rather than locked away
Dec 6th. Chelsea vs Valencia. Fergus myself and Darren went up to Stamford Ridge to watch a an important match, Chelsea needed to win in order to stay in Europe and to keep their morale up for the Championship. Valencia were convincingly beaten with the first goal after 3 min more to follow, good fun evening
Dec 5th Grayshott Christmas lights. Back early today to find the lights in the square Grayshott had been turned on and for the first time in years they were matched by a really good Christmas tree. The Square looked really this Christmas.
Dec 4th Kingsley Beck, Kingsley runs a driveways business in Hatch Beauchamp just on the outskirts of North Curry. Today is getting towards the end of our project and the driveway is one of the final jobs to be done at the cottage
