Wall

The record breaking dry weather has encouraged us to carry on with work outside, despite there being indoor jobs that we'd planned to do. Think they'll have to wait till the weather turns wet.

So we've been able not only to complete the new steps up to the house from the pavement, but also start rebuilding the front wall. Using a combination of stone from the original wall that we rescued from the builder before he removed it, along with rubble from our friend's garden, we have managed to make good progress with the new wall. We're not skilled or experienced enough to build a dry stone wall, so we are resorting to a semi-dry wall with some mortar used to give it strength but it wont be fully pointed. Hopefully this will mean it is in keeping with the local vernacular rubble walls and wont look out of place, whilst also being structurally sound.