With the arrival of our first baby imminent, Sara finally decided she could cope with the bare floorboards no longer and ordered some carpet for the hallway. The carpet fitters, seeing her condition, promised they would try to get it fitted before baby’s arrival date of the 26th of June. As you can see from…
Summer tidy-up – Garden and Garage
Since the baby is due any day now (well, in the next 4-6 weeks anyway) we thought it would be a good idea to make a little more space in the garage – you never know when another kind relative will drop off a spare cot or moses basket! So Henry set to work cleaning…
Finishing off the loo
We finally got round to putting the finishing touches to the lavatory this weekend. Having sanded all the rough plaster last weekend, we were able to paint the end of the room that was once hidden by the crappy cupboard the previous occupent had bodged. Once that was done, all that remained was the skirting…
St Martins Higher Town Quay Improvements
This shot recreation isn’t ideal – it was taken from a completely different spot for a start – but it quite nicely illustrates the change that 2008’s quay improvement works have had on the St Martins Higher Town quay – both wider and longer by a significant amount.
View over Porth Conger, St Agnes
There’s not too many years between these two shots (only eight) and not too much change visible either. It’s the view from half way up the hill on Gugh, looking down to Black Point, over Porth Conger on St Agnes. The new quay is visible in both, with the improvements that have been made in…
Coastguard Houses on the Garrison
Here’s a nice view of the coastguard houses up at the top of Garrison Lane, as seen from the gun emplacement that has lovely views over Hugh Town. I’m glad to see these little houses haven’t changed much at all, apart from the car!
St Agnes Old Quay
I find this "little" change quite saddening – the crumbling of the little old quay on St Agnes, in front of the Turks Head. I’m not sure what caused this significant decay – I looked back at some shots from 2006 and can see it there too, so at least it wasn’t caused by all…
King Charles and Cromwells Castles
This is a view that you would hope hasn’t changed that much in 20 years – considering both of these castles have stood (or in King Charles Castle’s case, laid in ruin) for hundreds of years so far. It’s a nice view though, showing the older castle on the top of the hill, along with…
Old Ruined House on Tresco
Here’s another twenty-years-apart view, this time of the old ruined house on Tresco, near the Island Hotel. Other than getting a lot more overgrown and covered in plants, nothing much seems to have changed with this lovely old building. It’s very interesting to see how much bigger the big palm-like tree in the background has…
Garrison Post-Storm Trees
I tried my best to recreate (twenty years on) this shot from 1988 of the garrison trees, post-1987’s hurricane / storms. However, the whole area where this was taken seems to have become quite overgrown, as well as there now being a fence in the way of getting a closer look. But I think I…