Sorted
Last night we had the mother of all thunderstorms - long, loud and accompanied by a deluge. The rain came through the holes in the...


Sealed lips
The tarp has only been a partial success. It was still covering the roof after last Friday's gusty winds. These fortunately came from the...


Tarp pulling
We've had a few downpours which have soaked the timber since the cruck frames went up. The ply is already showing signs of degrading...


Camouflaged
This migrant Convolvulus Hawk-moth is well camouflaged against the concrete block.


The WOW factor
Folks in the Lower Longbottom stretch of the road know all about our project but the rest of the Cologne Road community have not noticed...


Brace, brace
We've had heavy rain today. Fortunately we had lightly covered most of the timber yesterday evening and that stopped the wood from...


A no show
The I-beams weren't delivered yesterday as expected. We have been promised that they will be with us this morning. Unfortunately we...


Scaffolding tower
"The architecture of our future is not only unfinished; the scaffolding has hardly gone up." George Lamming We have bought a second hand...
A long haul
The last few weeks have been particularly stressful. On several occasions I have had to put my thinking head on, resurrect my 40 year old...


Sleepin' on the job
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