October 2025 - beautiful sunny day in London While this may not be a country house, I believe it deserves a blog post! I was visiting a potential client in London, and as usual, an Earl Grey and some food were calling. You can't walk past St Pancras without stopping to admire the architecture of these buildings. What also amazes me is that in 1965, there was a proposal to demolish the station. Fortunately, it was saved and given a Grade 1 listing. So I always wonder... why wa

September 2025 - feeling Autumnal! My journey into blogging and journaling starts in Wales. I was recently renovating a property for a client there so was frequently travelling along the breathtaking North Wales coastline. This week marked the project's conclusion, and as I finished a bit earlier than expected, I couldn't resist taking a brief five-minute detour on my way home to visit the National Trust property, Penrhyn Castle. It's fitting to start with a National Trust