Month: August 2020

Little Yellow Cottage – Update 19

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A Bit of Background Two hundred and fifty years ago when I was being built and Captain Cook was training to be a navigator over in the harbour and off the Whitby coast there was a limited number of mainly natural materials that would be used for my construction. Wood, bricks, stone, lime-based mortar, slate, … Read more

Little Yellow Cottage – Update 18

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Well, I’ve been quiet for a while but, with the exception of the main lock-down weeks, there has been some internal action. At last, the 1st and 2nd floors have been repaired with beautiful new wood; however, where the old wood survived, the planks and joists have been re-used and conserved.  The ground floor living … Read more