Breakfast On The Patio

Douthwaite's cottage renovation diary has been reviewed & articles published with Lincolnshire Life Magazine, Lincolnshire Poacher Magazine, Lincolnshire Echo Newspaper, The Writers Magazine, Louth Leader Newspaper and Skegness Standard.
*Breakfast On The Patio has continued to be a Kindle Home Repair Best Seller*(2014-2017)
In date order, from 2007-2016, a true story of a family's move from a modern home in Yorkshire to an old cottage in rural Lincolnshire: a detailed tour of a 180 year old farm workers' Lincolnshire cottage and garden, explanation of their renovation works (with before and after pictures), the family's experience of keeping hens and ducks, growing fruit and veg, a possible haunting, animal rescue diaries, tips for rural survival, records of adverse weather (including floods, freezing weather and an earthquake), comical stories, and home made recipes at the back of the book. www.busycornerbooks.com