Off grid or not ?

After long and careful consideration we have approached our local electricity supplier for a quote for grid connection. We still want to put up the wind turbine and solar panels but with a grid connection and the new feed in tariffs we wouldn't need the battery bank, inverter and back up generator.
Those three item cost 12k to buy, so if the quote comes in below that figure we would be no worse off.
We should know within 6 weeks...

Will we ever build a house?

After getting our building warrant a year ago we are still fighting with financial paperwork, but hopefully it will all come to an end in the next few weeks and we can start building as soon as the weather improves.

Boris finds a new home

Pigs like company. Most of them do and Boris certainly did. Unfortunately Doris didn't like his company, in fact any food competitor gets eyed up, pushed out the way and puts her in a bad mood. You can't blame her considering her past, but Boris was feeling lonely...
So after weighing up the pro's and con's we decided to let him go. He found a lovely new home with sea views and three girls all to himself. We miss him, but we are sure he is a lot happier now.

Bye bye Boris....