15th May |
On the day before the 2009 FA Cup Final, we made our offer to purchase Four Winds on Maria's Lane, to renovate for use as a holiday let. Yesterday, the day before the 2010 FA Cup Final, we welcomed our first guests to the now renamed Broadsands. Personally working twenty hour days towards the end and with a total of no less than eleven people beavering away on site yesterday, as we scrambled to complete the outstanding work, we ultimately made it with only minutes to spare; PHEW!!
It was a twelve-month marathon, and we "visited some dark places" along the way but we got through in the end, due in no small measure to the friendly help and assistance of the many "Covers" and "Over'illers" who gave us moral and other support. We thank all of you but especially Val and Peter Puddiphat, Esther and Peter Priest, Nancy and Tim Amery, Alison and Steve Anderson, Joy and all the staff at the Blue Lagoon (yummy!), the "Pasty Providers" at the Post Office (yummy!) and, last but by no means least, Terry George!
Above all, we will be for ever indebted to our builder, Gareth Wagstaffe, without whom we would have sunk without trace. The best in the west!!
Richard and Brenda Norris |