Well that was an exciting if devastating Christmas break. We had a lovely Christmas Day with Mick’s family in Barnsley then had a phonecall from a neighbour on Boxing Day to tell us that storm Connor had damaged the yurt and that our clothes were visible! Cue a mad dash back up the road to find that our home had been destroyed by the winds that had somehow managed to detach the roof straps,get under the cover to lift the whole yurt up then drop it, which collapsed the roof and trashed it.
Thankfully we actually lost very little other than the yurt, our mattresses and some paperwork which is in a big soggy pile. Our friends have been absolutely amazing and provided Mick and I with a place to stay whilst we cleared the site and for a few weeks until we are able to build somewhere else to live until we build our house. Our clothes have all been laundered by Trish and Rob at The Dundonnell Hotel which led to a few raised eyebrows 😀 and their generous application of TLC made a horrible few days bearable. Joe and Star have also been looked after by friends so that they haven’t been around to see the distress and the mess and for that we are eternally grateful.
People have been so generous with their time to come and help us finish off the barn so that we now have a space to dry out the remains of our stuff.
We are so lucky not to have been inside when the yurt was destroyed, it could have been so much worse. We took a chance when we decided to live up here in the lovely space that was the yurt and we have paid the price. Still, we will build something stronger and more resilient and get back on track. It’ll be interesting to see what this year brings. Happy New Year to you all, we wish you more highs than lows in 2017.
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