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
Author: Pete Ross
After years of living in a beautiful Victorian flat in Edinburgh, Molly and I have decided to sell up and build our new house ourselves in Argyll, Scotland. We have called it Gar Bothan which is Gaelic for warm bothy or cottage or hovel!!!!
Week Fourteen
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
Week Thirteen – Part Three
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
Week Thirteen – Part Two
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
Week Thirteen
Week beginning 29th August. It’s Monday morning and we wake nice and refreshed after a weekend in Edinburgh visiting family and friends. We took our grandchildren swimming to Dunbar where they have a pool with a flume and a wave machine and we always have fun there. On Saturday we went for a walk in… Continue reading Week Thirteen
Week Twelve – Part Two
A gentler start to today as we are now on our own but we still have a few tasks to do to stay on top of things. Just as we were getting our act together a delivery of timber arrived and we have to make sure that it is unloaded sensibly to maximise the space… Continue reading Week Twelve – Part Two
Week Twelve
Week beginning 22nd August. It’s Monday morning and the beginning of the end of the ground works. We received an email last night from Scottish Water to say our track inspection will be on Friday. This would be a huge problem for us because Lorne will be finished and there won’t be anyone to dig… Continue reading Week Twelve
Week Eleven – Part Two
It’s Thursday morning and Lorne has arrived and it’s not quite 8am. We are hoping to get the track inspection done on Friday so there’s a bit to do. Lorne and I agree to work together to get the ducting for the electricity main cable laid, then we’ll do the pipe for the water main.… Continue reading Week Eleven – Part Two
Week Eleven
Week beginning 15th August. We’re just getting dressed and Molly has spotted a deer through the caravan window. What a lovely site although we may not be saying that once we have a garden with nice plants and flowers for it to eat. Last night we had a terrible realisation, when we fitted the shed’s… Continue reading Week Eleven
Week Ten – Part Two
It’s right back to finishing the Isoquick this morning. Between us we have decided that we will measure out where the soil pipes and services duct are to go then Lorne can dig trenches for them. We are getting on with fitting in the second layer of insulation on the Isoquick and it is going… Continue reading Week Ten – Part Two