D Day – 10 years on

6 June 2013 marks a special date for us. It’s the day that we packed up all our worldly goods. The day we headed over to Appleton Le Moors and moved into Town End Farm. After 20 years living in Harrogate, and 30+ years working in the corporate world, it was the start...

A new bathroom

One of the improvements we’ve wanted to do for some time was to improve the Long Barns accessibility by changing a bathroom.Β  3 of our bathrooms have walk in showers, but all are on the first floor.Β  The remaining bathrooms have showers over the bath to give...

The Long Barn dining room

The dining room in the Long Barn looks very different to the space when we bought Town End Farm. It was originally single height with a bedroom over it. It had a staircase, but at the opposite end to the kitchen. So the room felt small and pokey. In fact we were...

The Rollercoaster Continues

As we all head into another lockdown, looking ahead to the next few months is challenging to say the least. The Long Barn has effectively been closed since the introduction of the rule of 6 and is now formally closed until the national lock down is eased. The positive...

Eta, our biomass boiler

One of our favourite parts of Autumn is a bracing walk and then returning home to a toasty house to warm up, lighting a fire, and hunkering down. And with everything that’s happening in the world at the moment, we suspect that similar nesting instincts will be keeping...