Sophie’s Christmas
Sophie came up with a set of drawings for our Christmas card this year, although we’re not sending cards this year, it’ll be more of a Christmas email. So I put them together with a message and sent them off … read more…
It’s really happening!
Crazy or what!! We’re really doing this. Not that I didn’t think so of course what with everything that’s been going on around here lately, but the thought that it’s really going to happen later on is crazy!! Certainly no … read more…
Moving out
The job that we’ve been working on here at the workshop finally reached a crunch point today when the structure of the modern design woodland lodge and all the support and foundations sections were dismantled into kit form ready to … read more…
Grand designs
It’s been really busy round here recently. Since returning from a week skiing in Chatel last week things are heating up. Some quotes still out and others returned with the go ahead. One project has the potential to be rather … read more…
Pipes and siphons
Last week a lot of effort and head scratching went into making a siphon to take down the level of the lake so that we we will be able to get on with the ‘derivation’ work. Although a relatively simple … read more…
More concrete
The other day preparations were made to the improve the second half of the floor of the outside, undercover part of the workshop. A bit of levelling and shuttering and a delivery of concrete completed the job. Tidy work too. … read more…
Halloween
Well, we love a bit of Halloween around here. We had ghoulish buns and green slime cocktails, bats in the house and a large smiling courgette to see visitors in. The kids found some like-minded friends and cobbled together some … read more…
Stencilling
To make the most of having built and supplied St Yrieix la Perche with their swanky new buvette (bar construction), I have stencilled our contact info onto the barge boards that run along the front of it. It says buvette … read more…
Busy busy busy
There has been a lot of work going on in the workshop and out on site. A couple of new gazebos in oak, a double garage and an extension. Plus an interesting construction for the local town – a demountable … read more…
Fruity
It’s that time of year when everything in the garden and in the hedgerows grows like crazy and all of a sudden there’s elderflower, strawberries and cherries by the bucketload if you have the time to do something with them. … read more…