Plant. Eat cake. Paint. Eat cake. Repeat as necessary.

Blinds up in the master bedroom -lovely to open them first thing and watch the birds on the lake.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been steadily chipping away at the remaining renovation projects on Seaside Lodge, and we can see the finishing line in our sights. Visits from a 2 holiday home professionals have been informative and helpful, and both of them said the lodge is going to be at the top end of a four star property, which is lovely to hear.

We got a lot done over the last few days, and managed to have some serious beach time too.

1 lattice willow hedge planted
1 weeping willow by the lake planted
2 sea buckthorns planted
1 bay tree planted
2 garden bird boxes installed
3 blinds put up
3 door frames painted
4 cupboards fitted out and undercoated
Ensuite shower room completed
1 wall painted
10 cakes eaten (we needed the energy).

Everything is on-stream for lettings to commence in May – we’ve even got our first 4 bookings! The website is underway and should be up in three weeks. To enquire about staying in Seaside Lodge please drop us an email: info@boltholeproperties.com

The main bathroom is nearly finished

The master bedroom is painted

The en suite shower room at Seaside Lodge is complete – and fab.

Top tip: bring kite strings to Anderby Creek beach.

Walking down to the beach from the Round and Round House – a 360 hide to watch wildlife.

Hiding in the hide.

A walk through the dunes to the hide.

After all that fresh air we needed non-cake sustenance. The platter at The Fat Seagull up the road was delicious.

The Fat Seagull’s platter is yummy.

You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off.

Finally, the french doors go in. At the moment the deck overlooking the lake is a makeshift construction with 3 pallets, but even so, the view is knockout.

The old window over the lake, from the sales brochure

How it looked, once the walls came down.

Open ’til late.

A late night getting the doors fitted.

Next morning at Anderby Creek. 50% more lake and sky.

2 large skips and a broken vacuum cleaner

Most of the renovating dust and rubble is behind us – hurrah!

We’re moving into the next stage. Both bathrooms are going in, and the floor and wall tiles chosen. I’ve found a bathroom floor tile that looks just like the sand on the beach, which has made my week. Scrub that, month.

The temporary kitchen is now where the permanent one will be in the next month, albeit a little less appealing to the eye.

For a freezing mid-January, the lodge is lovely and toasty too!

Rhapsody in blue

The drive to Seaside Lodge always seems to take us through several different climates, and the sky gets bigger and bigger the further east we drive.

I’ve fallen in love with Lincolnshire sunsets.

Leaving home at 7:30 on a freezing cold January morning

As the day dawned, and we drove east, the sky got bluer

Coming off the Lincolnshire Wolds, the Anderby sunshine was there to greet us.

Leaving Anderby Creek and driving into a glorious Lincolnshire sunset has become one of life’s simple pleasures.

The Lake, at dusk in mid-January.