Our guests staying at Fisherman’s cabin have often asked us how deep the lake is, and the answer, until recently, was that we had no clue. So one misty morning, Bob decided it was time to do a depth sounding. For this we were going to need high tech kit such as rope and a weight. First, we […]
There was great excitement this week as we installed our new trail camera. It’s called the ‘Ltl acorn’ and the idea is that we can set it up in the hide or in the woods and see what wildlife comes our way. Bob installed it a few days ago down by the wallow deep in the woods near Woodsman’s […]
But, not in the way he expected…. A couple of honeymooners arrived at the cabin on Tuesday and when I pitched up there in the evening with their cabincuisine dinner I found Mr Honeymooner flailing about in the lake with a bucket, seemingly involved in some kind of low-tech dredging operation. He explained that he’d lost his newly acquired wedding […]
A few years back, whilst on holiday in New Zealand, Bob suffered his first attack of Gold Fever. We were trundling round the South Island in our hired camper van and came across a road marked on the map with what we eventually deciphered as a gold nugget symbol. We decided to follow the road, which became […]
If you choose to spend your honeymoon at Covertcabin you get to use our beloved tandem bike. It’s an excellent test of any relationship – teamwork is called for, as are coordination and good communication skills. The person at the front is called the ‘steersman’ or ‘pilot’, the one at the back is called the ‘stoker’. The stoker has no control […]
If you follow the trail to the far end of the lake at Fisherman’s cabin, to where the steeply sloping forest gives way to the marshy edges of the stream, you’ll find the place where Bob has built our wonderful new hide. It looks a bit like the entrance to Badger’s house in Wind in the Willows, (I imagine). It’s got […]
Forget Glastonbury, here’s our Countdown to the Best Sounds Around. 10. Cry of a buzzard, circling in the warm thermals overhead. 9. Thrumm of the Kingfisher’s wings as he darts across the lake. 8. Rustling and bustling of lizards in the leaves. 7. The throaty chorusing frogs 6. Sploop – a carp jumping out of […]
Sometimes, on a chilly Autumnal Sunday, I will resist the siren call of the Eastenders Omnibus and we’ll head off down to the cabin. We get a fire going and put the kettle on then potter about in the woods, looking for mushrooms or other things of interest. Sometimes our wanderings are curtailed because the Hunt will be there. […]
One day I had a call from Jo, at the Moulin de Grolhier “Are you having this duck then, or what?’ she asked. The duck in question was ‘Pekka’. His featherbrained parents had conceived him at the wrong time of year and so Jo had taken him in as a hatchling as she feared he […]
Shortly after we’d purchased the lake ‘Mountain Man’ turned up. He has a most alarming appearance – big bushy black beard, black stumps where his teeth should be….he looks like, well, like he lives rough on a mountain, part man, part grizzly, hence his name. He swept into the house in a haze of Gauloise and […]
