Month: September 2022

Week beginning 26th September. On Sunday we were invited to lunch in Tarbert by our friend Monica, who was Pete’s dad’s partner for many years. On the way we went to see Andrew and Manda because we needed to check that our plan for cutting the trusses to ready them for the Veluxs was right.… Continue reading Week Seventeen

It rained heavily last night, as expected, so we have decided not to work on the house today. Instead we are having a bit of a slow start while waiting for the delivery of our insulation. We’re just pottering around when Pete gets a call from the driver checking he is on the right route.… Continue reading Week Sixteen – Part Two

Week beginning 19th September. We took Sunday as a day off and did a bit of gardening, then Molly washed her hair under the garden hose (our main source of water). Then we went for a walk up the hill behind our house. A slow start for this week, it’s already 9.15 and we are… Continue reading Week Sixteen

It’s Wednesday morning and after yesterday’s exciting and frantic activity we have decided a good tidy up is in order because there are lots of timber offcuts and general building mess around the build. We have lots of bags of garden and building waste so we are thinking of going to the amenity dump near… Continue reading Week Fifteen – Part Two

Week beginning 12th September. We’ve had another grreat weekend, this time in Edinburgh visiting family and friends so we’re ready for another exciting week and have loads of enthusiasm and drive. Pete is having a call with Andrew, and it’s not even breakfast time, to organise the day and now we’ve not quite finished our… Continue reading Week Fifteen

Week beginning 5th September. It’s Monday morning and we’ve had a great weekend with Zadjil and Carolyn. On Saturday afternoon we went to the Dalmally Argriculural Show, which we have been to many times before but was the first time for Carolyn. We checked out the prize winning cattle and sheep, watched the Drakes of… Continue reading Week Fourteen

Up early again and the excitement and joy hasn’t worn off even though it’s going to be a bit more mundane until it’s time to put the trusses up. Andrew has just phoned with a task list for us and for Scott and Eoghain. We have to do some work on the shed. The other… Continue reading Week Thirteen – Part Three

We are up bright and early because we are expecting the lorry with the kit at 8am. We are getting all the tools, nails and screws out and set-up near the slabs. The generator is our next task and now Andrew has arrived but the lorry isn’t here. Andrew explains how he thinks the day… Continue reading Week Thirteen – Part Two