The hovel is surrounded by about 100 metres of dry stone walls. There are two large holes and several areas where maintenance is required. The holes divide the hovel from an adjacent field. Sheep are now returning to fields, after spending the winter indoors. To stop Foltey escaping and 'playing' with the sheep repairs were required.
My weekend dry stone walling course in September was fun but the stones mostly had 90 degree corners. In Reeth the stones are ridiculous shapes and sizes.
On Wednesday afternoon I laid out the jigsaw pieces. For some reason there appeared to be far too many. Thursday was gloriously sunny, and I set about reconstructing the 1.3 metre high jigsaw. It was fun and rewarding, but by the end of the day I ached, a lot. There were lots of stones left over.
Other stuff:-
- After removing most of the utility room ceiling, I found the leak and repaired it. It was caused by a broken elbow (90 degree) joint in a pipe. The hovel has proper 'running water', instead of water running down the walls.
- A structural engineer and two architects visited to discuss commissioning them to develop plans.
- I cleaned the windows of the hovel. This was completely unnecessary, they will be replaced during the renovation. But it does makes make the hovel seem much brighter.
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