We’re Mr & Mrs B, originally from Yorkshire in the north of the U.K. We love food, craft beer, neurotic rescue animals (note to self, need more of these), weird vintage stuff, geeking out & exploring.

I’m Mrs B, lover of crafting, Disney, Jack Daniels, vintage stuff, dahlias, and true crime pods. Hater of dessicated coconut, spiders and Summer Pudding (just why?!?!!).

Mr B loves guitars, computer techie stuff that I don’t understand, Welsh rugby union & being from Sheffield, drinks Hendersons Relish by the pint. Dislikes fish, wasps and will make an odd whinnying sound when surprised by mice.

Crazy rescue dog 1 is Sheldon, a 13 year old French Bulldog/gremlin cross. We rescued him at 20 weeks and were his third family, because he was the a nightmarish puppy from Hades. But, with his late big sister Cleo’s help, he’s now a hilarious little clown of a dog with major Napoleon Syndrome. We love him very much. AKA Shelly-Belly-Boos, the Moog, Chubbs.

Crazy rescue dog 2 is Freya, a 10 year old Spanish Podenco. Used by Spanish hunters to catch rabbits and often neglected and abandoned, she now snoozes in the sun with her best mate Figaro, one of our barn kittens. Barney is kitten 2, less sweet natured than Figs, but does a little happy dance when he’s eating, so, possibly my spirit animal.

In 2020, we acquired the cats, via (it seems), the French cat distribution system. We found Mama Ripley, and her 3 babies, Newt, Figaro and Barney in our old chicken house, and with the help of a rescue charity, everyone was trapped, neutered and vaccinated. When they were big enough, they came back to us to live as barn cats, but we sadly lost Mum and Newt to the road within 2 weeks of each other. After a few years and much patience, everyone gets along swimmingly.

The renovation battle continues, after 7 years of full time living and 10 years of ownership, but we wouldn’t change a thing. We’ve already re-wired, put in a new fosse, and a new pellet boiler for central heating. This year it’s new windows which will be a game changer for us. We don’t have an unlimited budget and everything gets done when we can afford it. So very, very slowly.

Don’t worry, we’re not those smug people that brag abut their French fluency, because we’re not. We try, and will continue to learn forever I think. Don’t listen to those Facebook forums, if you can dream it, you can be it, we’re living proof of that.

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