Monday, 28 December 2020

OUR FIRST BENCH, 2014

December 2014:  Alan, Roger and Steve inserting the legs

Then the hand-tooled (!) oak planks were coach-bolted into position



The finished article


Quality control

It served its purpose .  .  .  

.  .  .  and lasted nearly two years, until the summer holidays 2016

Thursday, 24 December 2020

FLOODS 2013

 Christmas Eve 2013


A wee drop of rain tested the wall supporting our new stream crossing.  Once we unblocked the culvert the water went through instead of over.


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Tuesday, 22 December 2020

TALES OF THE WHITE HOUSE

Our toolshed, aka The White House, was delivered by a crane-bearing lorry in December 2013 

The driver was afraid of getting stuck in the mud so we had help from Farmer Willy Grey to get it into it's final resting place.

I've got a couple of amusing videos of this operation.  Willy couldn't see round the container when he lifted it on the front-loading forks of his tractor, so Alan and I shouted directions.  But he said he was a bit deaf and couldn't hear us either.  So we had to wave our arms, which was about as helpful as anyone trying to help you park in a small space.  


Anyway he surprisingly made it through the gateway unscathed, and magically positioned it in exactly the right place. 

Look how clean it looks in the photo with the willows behind it.


 

OLD MAN'S BEARD

December 2013


The fluffy seedheads of Old Man's Beard as it clambers over trees and bushes.


 It's our native Wild Clematis

Sunday, 20 December 2020

GHOSTS IN THE GRASS



 Skeletons of flower stems, as beautiful as winter tree silhouettes.

Friday, 18 December 2020