Katie Carmichael 

Professional fusser-overer of ancient monuments, almost guaranteed to have twigs in my hair… Views are my own.

[Katie Carmichael  @kcarmichael2011]

@JulesHumphrys Yup

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It was at this moment that I knew I’d messed up.

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20 years has gone so fast’ indeed. Hopefully the next four years will too.

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@BBCScotWeather day 12 of snow and we decided to built an igloo. Despite the work we’re hoping it’s gone by the end of tomorrow!

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Day 12 of snow. We built an igloo today, which I feel would have been better done at the START of all the snow rather than what is hopefully the last day, but it was still cool to do. If painful. ❄️

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@RichardJukes7 @oldenoughtosay You’re welcome! Made me think about various cabs like those for a quarry/tipper lorry or a sewage sucking lorry and even if attached I feel they all have three steps up? Perhaps that’s the dividing line.

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This forecast had best be WAY, WAY off because… nope. We already have about 12cm of snow which isn’t looking likely to melt before more arrives and although it’s pretty, it won’t be funny if it gets close to a metre deep! #snowmageddon

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What’s Christmas without a few new challenges? Despite being 8 pages of instructions this actually seems very simple and doable in stages, plus a spell in the freezer for a few days. Time will tell.

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Me to my emails today.

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@allan_brodie54 Snap! And my mother was a Pear’s soap baby.

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@oldenoughtosay I’ve just watched the video and stared at the floor plan way too many times

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Do you ever think about what could have been? My family bought and rebuilt their local distillery in 1876. My great grandmother was born directly across the street, etc etc. But because we’re a stubborn bunch we had a falling out with the landowner in 1901…

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…and left in a huff for the neighbouring island, taking half the equipment with them. The distillery shut, but reopened again in the 1960s and has done pretty well for itself without us. Cheers Jura great grandparents. Cheers.

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I feel like the world is trying to tell me something. Bored on the bus home and went to look into the potential of a family holiday next April…

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Just started watching Rivals and it seems that Aiden Turner’s characters just can’t keep away from the lovely Chavenage House - which is fair.

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@MadameGilflurt One of my favourites! I’ve always said that one day I’ll find the right cat to call Pyewacket.

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@Lou_Kangaroo An overly hot bath and a Manhattan certainly helped to ease the aches and pains!

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Today was painful but satisfying - after renting a mini digger and borrowing our neighbour’s tractor we’ve managed to clear *many* tonnes of soil and have spread 20tonnes of new aggregate across the worst bits of the driveway. Now to collapse.