Post Comment Love 14-16 February

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I’ve spent the latter half of this week in Lyon, mostly it feels, eating. I’m out of practice, but the food and hospitality here are so very good. We’ve been exploring the city too. There’s plenty of quirky and interesting looking shops, and plenty of cake shops too. The hotel has a spa, and a great restaurant and the quirkiest bathroom, which I’m sure you’ll know delighted me!

My photo this week though isn’t from Lyon, but one from our visit to Andromeda gardens in Barbados- when I started this post I was clearly in need of some virtual vitamin D!

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A shed, or Aeropod?

Today’s post has been prompted by recent travels and remembering an stand that it’s safe to say was a little bit more out of the ordinary at Grand Designs Live last year. And yes, even more unusual than most at the show, which for a show that attracts some innovative thinking is quite something.

Not many shows, or perhaps even house owners can boast an Aeropod I’m sure, but it does prompt the question of where do old airplanes go to die, and why don’t we have more of these? The simple answer to the latter is of course cost, but putting that aside for now, shouldn’t reuse be our aim?

It is for Dappr Aviation, and their aeropods are quite something. I almost had to prise MOH away, thankfully (cost aside) there’s no way we can get one of these into our garden - craning it in was even mooted - and having one in the front garden overlooking a busy London road wouldn’t work either.

But they are rather special.

We spent almost as much time looking at the accessories which also make use of parts of old planes and are equally as innovative.

Aren’t they great?

Reflecting on my week #116

Compared to last weekend, this weekend has been positively chilled. Some of that was down to weather with Storm Ciara arriving and staying for most of Sunday. It was wet and windy here, but nothing like some of the devastation we’ve seen on the news.

My faux topiary ball by the front door has been swinging all over the place, and in the back garden I popped out to save my pool sign. I timed my visit much better than MOH, who decided to clean his bike just as some heavy rain arrived. Undeterred he donned a waterproof and carried on until it drove him indoors.

My trip to the garden was much more successful and there was even some time for some photos. Thankfully our neighbour’s trampoline had stayed in its own garden (and hopefully that’s continued).

The other reason for a quiet weekend is that it comes on the back of another busy, and long week. Combine that with a few days off next week and the work preparations needed means that taking some time off can be quite stressful. I can’t wait though, it’ll be nice to explore a new city and I’m looking forward to seeing just how quirky our hotel is. I’m expecting pretty quirky, and yes, I’ll let you know.

The other good news is that next door’s scaffolding is mostly down. It’s been up a while, I had to check, and it was the end of October. They’ve had some awful weather during the work, but even so I bet they weren’t expecting the job to last quite so long.

The glass balustrade is in and on a sunnier day I had a peek out of our top floor window.

We do seem to have a cracked paving slab which we’ll need to sort out, and there’s still quite a bit of clean up that needs to take place, however I’m currently not too concerned as throughout our neighbour has been considerate. They have offered to put the pots back, which were moved to accommodate the scaffolding, and while that’s nice I’m going to decline the offer as it will only make it much harder for MOH to get them exactly where they should go.

I’m talking more than in the right order, I’m talking exactly where they should go - equal distances between them, and so we can get to the tap too. I’m pretty sure they don’t realise the precision I need here! MOH is used to it now, it frustrates him I’m sure but he also knows I won’t settle until I’m happy.

While I was in the garden I looked up to check out the new addition from the ground. I think it’ll take some getting used to seeing it there, a bit like when you have a drastic haircut and shock yourself everytime you look in the mirror to start with.

MOH has also managed to get a viewing, I don’t know how he does it. He’s been in several of our neighbour’s houses and yet I don’t think I’ve been past the doorstep of any. I’m not quite sure how to take that, I’m sure there’s nothing in it…

Anyway, I’m hoping for a less quiet week on the blog as I’ve plenty of topics to cover, on top of the plenty of topics I already had, and of course I’ve plenty of photos to edit and blogs to read too. I’d better get cracking, thanks for bearing with me.