derbyshire prayer flags (the abbeydore workhouses)

horsemouth went for a walk. down to the abbey then across the fields behind the abbey to the dore river and along beside the fence for the base to the road. at the road he headed off further up the valley following the footpath by the side of the river. at the top he kept going (instead of turning back as he usually does). he crossed an orchard and then through a small wooded section before emerging in the abbey dore work houses. there's a two-bed flat for sale in the complex - £190k 

these a pretty much north of bacton. (horsemouth wandered past the bacton stud on his way back). there were lots of ramsons in the hedgerow.  it was a bright sunny day with a cool breeze and horsemouth felt good. (something like 6 miles all round - so his 10,000 steps etc.).

horsemouth is having a think about his mum's recovery, the abbey rota (starts monday morning), the getting back to the wen to see people and the meeting of the communal endeavour. monday night there's a zoom meeting of the communal endeavour (it will be good to get that out of the way) and then wednesday night a fill in-person meeting. now horsemouth thinks this could get tricky - there's a lot of news, there's a lot to deal with (and not all of it is good). anyway like he says focus on the bureaucracy. 

last night horsemouth watched a youtube video of an architect restoring a house in a french fishing town. instead of the sunny southern bit of france he had picked the cold windy breton coast. and damp - the houses have a problem with damp, particularly damp in the walls, the problem is to add insulation without trapping damp in the walls (to make the walls breathable) so that the energy efficiency of the house can be raised without giving rise to damp problems.  

now this retrofit problem is very similar to the one horsemouth faces with the houses of the communal endeavour (it is indeed the problem we all face with the predominantly aged housing stock of europe). to this problem someone has proposed a novel solution. horsemouth does not know what to make of it yet. it is big. it is bold. it is probably too big and bold.