Another early start, first thing is to check that the concrete has set with a nice even surface for the sewage treatment works to sit on. Success so now Lorne is getting on with lifting it into place and Pete is helping a little. There isn’t too much he can do other than partially fill… Continue reading Week Eight – Part Two
Month: July 2022
Week Eight
It’s Monday and we have had a message from Lorne to say that he isn’t coming today because our delivery has not arrived yet and won’t be here until this afternoon. He said in his text message: “Just don’t want to charge you to sit about.” Week beginning 25th July. Molly is off to Oban… Continue reading Week Eight
Week Seven – Part Two
We are taking some time out and have moved into the holiday home with the rest of the family now that some people have gone home and there’s a free bedroom. We are going for a walk up the hill to work off our dinner and although it’s a bit wet and overcast we still… Continue reading Week Seven – Part Two
Week Seven
Week beginning 18th July. On Saturday morning we had some visitors from next door. We wake at 7.30 to the sound of a digger but it’s not on our plot! It’s now 8am and as we settle down for breakfast Lorne arrives to start digging which throws us in a panic because we are not… Continue reading Week Seven
Week Six
Week beginning 11th July. We are leaving Tarbert Holiday Park after six weeks and moving our caravan up to our plot with the help of Molly’s cousin, Duncan. It has been good staying here not least because of all the friendly staff and the holiday makers and workmen who have been staying here. A big… Continue reading Week Six
Saddell Bay and back up the Atlantic coast
Today is our last chance for a while to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kintyre so we are heading off to Saddell Bay down past Carradale on the shores of Loch Fyne. We are taking the scenic single track route down the coast towards Carradale, a long and winding but breathtakinly lovely route. We are… Continue reading Saddell Bay and back up the Atlantic coast
Week Five – Part Two
We’re on to our final tasks in the workshop this week and are reorganising the last stack, wrapping it in plastic to protect it from the elements and to making sure all the stacks are in the right order for when the lorry comes to transport them up to our plot. We are also cutting… Continue reading Week Five – Part Two
The kit is built
Week beginning 4th July. Today we finished the last panel of our kit and to celebrate we have made a wee timelapse film of four days of us working in the workshop, don’t worry it’s less than three minutes long. We have recorded ourselves talking about the experience and added it as a voiceover. Hope… Continue reading The kit is built