http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/ This is the personal weblog of Berit Melchild and Christian Folkard en-us 2006-02-12T21:24:07+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000101.html So, with Christmas over, we once again turned to the house, and have finally had the Lectros Osmotic damp proof course installed and, this weekend, Chris successfully tidied up the wall/ arch between the dining room and the kitchen. Once... North Weston, Portishead berit 2006-02-12T21:24:07+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000100.html Firstly we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas for 2005! Once again, we have to apologise for the lack of web log entries we make to our site, no excuse we're just lazy :-) I also have... Travelling chris 2005-12-27T18:55:25+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000099.html More Pics... Travelling chris 2005-08-01T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000098.html More Pics... Travelling berit 2005-07-30T22:22:14+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000097.html On Wednesday, we left a cold and wet Bristol behind and flew to Madrid to celebrate the wedding of our friends, Ana and Pedro, Arriving in Madrid, we teamed up with Tucker, Glen and Emily to spend the night in... Travelling berit 2005-07-30T22:01:59+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000096.html I was glad to have Chris back after a week in Turkey; especially, after he spent his last day there in Hospital, with what he believed to be gastroenteritis. High on drugs, he returned to the UK to have his... Uncategorised berit 2005-07-20T18:49:30+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000095.html Saturday, we decided to take a break from the DIY and headed to Wales for a bike ride and a visit to Camarthen Castle. It was hot and sunny and the first stretch to Abergavenny was fantastic; the landscape beautifully... Travelling berit 2005-07-10T14:17:43+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000094.html After a relatively quiet couple of weeks in terms of DIY, we started a few more jobs around the house last weekend. Chris removed the last of the plaster from the walls underneath the top of the stairs, only to... Uncategorised berit 2005-07-03T20:19:55+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000093.html We spent a busy week at the end of May visiting family in Guernsey and Denmark. and although our rigorous time schedule allowed for little free-time, we did manage to squeeze in a lovely boat trip to Herm (half an... Uncategorised berit 2005-06-14T19:20:01+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000092.html In order to inspect the joists supporting the bedroom floor, we had to remove part of the ceiling plasterboard in the dining room. In total, the ends of four joists looked to be infected and being unable to determine whether... Uncategorised berit 2005-05-18T16:46:42+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000091.html So, replacing the rotten lintel above the dining room window turned out to be a larger operation – and not the simple task, Chris had predicted. In order to take the wooden lintel out and replace it with a concrete... Uncategorised berit 2005-04-02T10:21:45+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000090.html After spending a lovely Easter Bank Holiday at the farm, celebrating Imogen’s birthday (which included the entertaining of a dozen lively 3-5 year olds), experiencing the countryside and nearby Minehead by steam train, and eating far too much chocolate, we... Uncategorised berit 2005-03-30T23:58:51+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000089.html After negotiating a favourable price for the dresser, we brought it home on the roof of the mini only to discover some interesting print on the back of it (see picture). Apparently, the dresser was constructed almost entirely out of... North Weston, Portishead berit 2005-02-26T10:23:35+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000088.html Today, we left a cold and wet Bristol behind and headed for the Cotswolds to view a lovely antique dresser in the town of Chipping Norton. It has been trying to snow in Bristol for more than a week, but... Weather berit 2005-02-25T23:52:32+00:00 http://www.itu.dk/~melchild/blog/archives/000087.html On Friday, we finally got around to picking up from our solicitor the last of the documentation for the house, which included original hand-written and stamped Indentures from 1874 (see pic) to the present day. They explain the circumstances of... Uncategorised berit 2005-02-13T16:28:52+00:00