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Enduro Africa 2007: July 2006
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Story of the preparation for an off road motorcycle trip around South Africa to raise money for charity by Sally and Terry Thorpe. Wednesday, July 26, 2006. I woke the other night at 1 am and thought i'd tackle the invites and posters for our launch night. 3 hours later i completed them and had them scrutinized by our marketing 'expert'. Now i have to draw up a guest list and a plan of action as to whom we should send them to. I think i am going to be left with this job! Posted by Sally Thorpe at 2:23 AM.
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Enduro Africa 2007: September 2006
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Story of the preparation for an off road motorcycle trip around South Africa to raise money for charity by Sally and Terry Thorpe. Wednesday, September 20, 2006. Cousin Roger comes up trumps! I just have to mention my cousin Roger, currently living in Marseille, France. He has kindly started the ball rolling on our 'on-line ' donation site which is now looking a lot healthier. Posted by Sally Thorpe at 5:12 AM. 62 tickets have been sold and a few more are expected to just turn up. I have writtten a lot o...
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Grange Cottage: February 2007
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The story of the renovation, and hopefully the holiday letting, of the Grange Cottage in Elslack - North Yorkshire. Wednesday, February 21, 2007. Today i visited ' Steptoe's Yard' in Barnoldswick to see if they wanted to buy a cast iron bath, sink and a fireplace. They are sending someone over to look at them. Posted by Sally Thorpe @ 8:43 pm. Sale complete and work begins in ernest! Overall, a very good 3 days work from the electrician's and Dave the 'joiner/builder/you name it he does it' man. Jo (buil...
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Grange Cottage: June 2006
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The story of the renovation, and hopefully the holiday letting, of the Grange Cottage in Elslack - North Yorkshire. Monday, June 12, 2006. Finally, a plumber willing to visit the cottage. Anyway, the plumber is coming back on saturday morning to do some more investigating under floorboards and hopefully by then he will have come up with an economical way of heating the cottage and fitting both showers and loos etc,.fingers crossed. Posted by Sally Thorpe @ 10:31 pm. Thursday, June 08, 2006. Now i didn't ...
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Grange Cottage: September 2006
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The story of the renovation, and hopefully the holiday letting, of the Grange Cottage in Elslack - North Yorkshire. Tuesday, September 12, 2006. Yesterday i went to see the Environmental Health Officer in skipton to enquire about registering our house as a Bed and Breakfast. I decided we were ready to start on the main house if not the cottage. Posted by Sally Thorpe @ 7:01 pm. Tuesday, September 05, 2006. Holiday cottage or Bed and Breakfast? Firstly, i need to improve my breakfast making skills! Well,h...
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Grange Cottage: March 2007
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The story of the renovation, and hopefully the holiday letting, of the Grange Cottage in Elslack - North Yorkshire. Wednesday, March 28, 2007. Time is moving on. It's been 2 weeks since i've updated the blog as there have been no photos of interest to post. Dave and Jo have been busy doing little fiddly things which haven't warranted any comment. Tomorrow, Jo starts flagging the outside area. Posted by Sally Thorpe @ 6:03 pm. Thursday, March 15, 2007. Secret room under the stairs. He's a little grumpy be...
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Grange Cottage: August 2006
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The story of the renovation, and hopefully the holiday letting, of the Grange Cottage in Elslack - North Yorkshire. Tuesday, August 08, 2006. More electric heating research. On receiving a pamphlet in the post about electric heating, i duly sent off for the brochure which arrived this morning. Since the cottage will have a log burning stove, i am still leaning towards electric heating elsewhere. No prices are quoted due to the fact everybody's needs are different. However, they do offer a free survey.
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Enduro Africa 2007: November 2007
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Story of the preparation for an off road motorcycle trip around South Africa to raise money for charity by Sally and Terry Thorpe. Monday, November 26, 2007. Well, we made it back safely and almost in 1 piece! After many falls, suffering dehydration, concussion and sickness we finally got to the finish line 8 days later. We met many wonderful people and lifelong friends. All in all it was a fantastic trip with it's many ups and downs(quite literally) and an adventure not to have missed. A sigh of relief!