Week beginning 19th February 2024. We are up bright and early to drive to Scottish Wood, near Dunfermline, to collect our special order of kiln dried, dressed larch. This is the timber we are going to use for finishing the tops of the ballustrades and return stair wall. We’ve had a good run down and… Continue reading Week Ninety
Month: February 2024
Week Eighty-nine
Week beginning 12th February 2024. Another week begins and we are just sorting ourselves out for another day’s building when the electricians arrive to sort out the mains cable from the house to the mega-shed. The task is much easier than we had anticipated so it hasn’t taken long and Pete can fill the holes… Continue reading Week Eighty-nine
Week Eighty-eight
Week beginning 5th February 2024. It’s a shockingly wet start to the week. Pete’s sister tells us there hasn’t been much rain in Tuscany this winter and they are hoping for some soon, while here we have had far more than our share. The river is as high as we have seen it since moving… Continue reading Week Eighty-eight
Week Eighty-seven
Week beginnning 29th January 2024. It’s dry and quite nice this morning so we are going to put up another couple of cladding boards on the north side of the mega-shed. This means that when the electricians come they can fit the extractor fan and an outside socket there. We’ve not long started working and… Continue reading Week Eighty-seven