Where there's Hope

I've been trying to get hold of Karen Hope the planning officer at Scottish Borders Council, but even her colleagues admit that she's hard to track down. She's at a different site every day you see and no-one seems to know which one. So it was a bit of a pleasant surprise to get her at the end of a phone line after only one brief tangle with a switchboard. She didn't have our file with us, but has promised to get back in touch tomorrow to let us know what's going on.

The Wall


D***** was in touch today to tell us that the difference between the full removal and reinstatement of the wall will only be about £6,000 more than the quick fix option. He's working out exact figures for us to have tomorrow. If we say OK to that, then the work can start in two weeks. It doesn't require planning permission since it's classed as emergency work.

Some work will start this week. Lighting in the tack room which will allow its use as a store, extension of the beer garden lighting beyond the end wall to provide some light in the car park and checking of the cabling in the attic prior to installing loft insulation. Nothing very major, but it's progress of a sort.