Wreck of the Week

A little while ago, I wrote about a gorgeous, off-grid Cumbria farmhouse but also confessed that I'm not Cumbria's biggest fan. I mentioned the lack of sunshine.  Anyway, the gorgeous farmhouse sold (hurrah!) and I got lots of emails from readers telling me that yes, the sun did shine on Cumbria and was in fact beaming down that very day. To be fair, this was in the middle of June's heatwave so pretty much everywhere was sunny. But OK, I accept; the sun does also shine on Cumbria. Anyway, just to show that as a Yorkshire lass, I do very much appreciate God's other count y, here are three more Cumbria beauties to share with you. The first two are around the old market town of Sedbergh . Which I've never visited but given that it describes itself as England's "book town", I'll definitely be planning a trip there soon. Hubby and I are the sort of people who have books in every room, and I'm that annoying person who gets excited about re-c...

I've "done" Anglesey a handful of times over the years. The first time, way back in 2014 when I wrote about the lovely and neglected mansion of Caerau . Then again in 2015 when I featured three handsome homes (we'll come back to that later), and  last month , prompted by a colleague's family-friendly holiday on Anglesey. Anyway, that 2015 post featured three fab do-ups, one of which - a former coaching inn and stables at Mona - is up for auction this month. Back on the market or perhaps never left it? The property (above and below) is stunning. Reader Anna spotted it and emailed me (thank you, Anna). But back in 2015, it was James the son of the house's owners that told me about it. He said his parents had bought historic Mona Inn to renovate it but stopped because of issues with planning. No idea what those issues were at the time, but his parents being septuagenarians decided to give it up the task and put the property on the market. At that stage ...

Currently catching up on a bit of an email backlog from readers (my bad, sorry) but thought I'd use that as an opportunity to show y'all some of the yummy properties Wreck fans have spotted. Like this WW2 decoy bunker, sent to me by Karen who came across it while looking for a house with land in the area. The bunker is in the village of Wix , a couple of miles from Essex's east coast. Built to attract Germany's bombs, it's now on the market with planning permission to turn it into a glamping site. Er... yes. Actually the plans are quite cute and the building's a nice shape; it could work. But no idea whether there are restrictions on, for example, living there or using it as a holiday home rather than a business. It being on farmland, and a listed historical monument . On the market via Stanfords at £95k, more here and here . Rather at the other end of the scale is this mill on the river Frome, in the Dorset village of Maiden Newton . ...