Well here’s a taste of our school summer holidays this year, quite a whirlwind of travel and amusement: biking in the Alps, a day trip to Collonges-la-Rouge with Sophie, another basket course here in St Yrieix la Perche with Olivier … read more…
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…
It has come to my attention, whilst having a wander around, that there are loads of stacks of wood everywhere (not that surprising for a wood workshop I suppose, but noticeable al the same). Some in the workshop and some … read more…
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…
Well, I had been helping out at a Concours de Petanque in our village and just as I was going back through the primary school playground I came upon a fire engine, stabilisers down, ladder fully extended. Well it wasn’t … read more…
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…
Very sad to say that we had to cut down the two large oak trees that stood at either end of the dam last week. They had become high risk as if they were ever to be uprooted by strong … read more…
A couple of photos of the beautiful oak gazebo made a little while ago now completely finished and in use. The clients used a light oak treatment to bring out the natural beauty of the wood and to give it … read more…
While some of us were gadding about on our holidays, a lot of hard work was going on back at base. In connection with the changes we want to make to the lake are the changes we are now obliged … read more…
Short break back to the homeland. A few days of blindingly good weather when we got out and about mixed in with the rest sitting around drinking tea. The woods with an impressive show of Bluebells, the crystal clear Start … read more…