All our deliveries have arrived safely, including the man from the council. He & the smoked salmon have been the only ones who have found us without directions!
So, let me tell you about what building regs require if you want to let even only one room. We were under the impression having read all the books that if you had no more than six guests then you did not have to get involved with all the fire regulations. How wrong were we! Within a few minutes of him walking round I thought we were not going to be able to open the B&B,& our dream was up in smoke. No pun intended. We have to make virtually all the doors into fire doors, smoke alarms in all rooms,&extra exits to the house. There is lots more which I won't bore you with.It was quite daunting, especially as I have to draw a plan of the whole house marking all the planned alterations. I totally understand that it has to be done & that our guests safety is a top priority, what makes me mad is that we did our research & all the books we read are wrong.Luckily we will be able to find the money to implement this, but to make such a big life change on duff info is a bit scary.

The council man was very nice & actually quite helpful, suggesting companies & contractors we could use,& he was only telling us what we had to do under the law, so I don't blame him. When he had gone we sat down & worked out exactly what we will have to do & how much(a guess) it may cost. It certainly gave us a lot to think about, but we have decided that it is not that bad & that now we have come this far we can't really turn back. I can see my dream kitchen being not quite so dreamy now!
Anyway, onto more light hearted things. I did quite a lot of cooking for Christmas on Tuesday. Mostly stuff that I could freeze. The kitchen here has 2 built in fridges so our fridge /freezer is in the garage. I asked the better half to switch it on to freeze my days work plus some bread & croissant I had bought in Beccles. He did so & put all of it in.A few hours later I went out to see how it was doing & it wasn't working!
Panic! No space in my other freezer so what to do? Being a methodical person I looked out the instruction manual. You wont believe this, it is too cold for the fridge/freezer to work! It must be 10 degrees C or it wont switch on. So we have had to put a heater in the garage to warm it up enough so I can freeze some food. Ain't  life strange?
The wild life in the garden are doing quite well out of us during this cold snap. The better half has built a temporary bird table which I keep supplied with bacon rind & raisins. We have hung fat balls wherever there is a hook & the bird feeders are kept supplied with grain & nuts. I have to say they repay us generously. It is wonderful to watch them& when I find my bird book(buried in a box somewhere) I will be able to identify  some of the more unusual ones.
I'm looking forward to putting up the decorations at the weekend, it really will feel like Christmas then. We have to do quite a bit more organizing first plus a whole load of housework. There always seems to be pain before pleasure.
Hopefully I will have time to write again before Christmas ,but if I don't a very happy Christmas to all who may read this & I will report on Christmas festivities in a week or so.