Posted by rb on January 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
We have finally got around to replacing our trusty old ancient Sony television for an up to date wide screen Sony digital (Freeview) television!
The old set was a Sony Trinitron KV-14T1U colour tv which appears to date from 1995 (at least this is the date of the instruction manual)—so I guess you could say we have had our money’s worth out of that set! It still works perfectly—there is
nothing wrong with it—but we felt that people expect something more up to date nowadays, especially for a 4-star establishment.
The new set is a Sony Bravia KDL-19BX200BU (where do they get these ‘names’ from?) which we got in the John Lewis sale. It gets all the Freeview channels and will of course still work when the old analogue tv signal is switched off here in September.
Posted by rb on January 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Sadly, we have had to remove an ash tree which has been growing in ‘the dingle’ behind the barn. It was growing so close to the barn that it needed cutting back regularly to avoid branches touching the bedroom window and overhanging the roof.
The tree was cut down, section by section, by the son of one of Rosemary’s cousins. Most of the timber will be used for firewood. Some branches were carefully stacked to one side of the dingle to make a habitat for invertebrates such as beetles.
Having removed the tree, the whole space behind the barn is opened out and much lighter.
Posted by rb on November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A new washing machine was installed in the barn on Friday 13 November.
It was bought from DAR (Malvern) Ltd., 101-105 Worcester Road, Link Top, Malvern, WR14 1EP. They were very helpful: helping us to choose an appropriate machine and also installing it in the barn and taking the old machine machine. It is a Bosch WAA24171GB model which is exclusive to independent shops like DAR and also John Lewis.
Posted by rb on October 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
We have now finished uploading and testing this new website for Rhydd Barn. It is still a work in progress but the main content from the old site is now all included. This new site went ‘live’ on Tuesday, 20 October 2009.
We have installed WordPress to run the site which gives us a lot more functionality. The old site was basically a hand coded ‘home page’ of the type common in the earlier days of the web. We can now more easily edit the site, add news items and pictures and have our own availability calendar. We would love, in time, to add pages about the history and reconstruction of Rhydd Barn and much more local information, including our favourite walks and places to visit.
We have finally got around to replacing our trusty old ancient Sony television for an up to date wide screen Sony digital (Freeview) television!
