all gone

well we started taking the trees down on 17th dec and now on 31st - day 14 - they are all gone but lots of clearing up to do. 0f course christmas came in the middle of the project to delay us and i had to give up hauling logs by day 4 but have spent many hours cooking providing sustenance for the boys who have worked their socks off and we are very grateful. now its cleared the plot looks enormous just got to get going now with the build!

day three of the tree felling exercise

after some heated debate the boys managed to get both tractors the chipper and trailer down the back of the garden and as you can see great headway has been made with the felling. many thanks to steve parker for coming to give more than a hand - we're all knackered!

o no its snowing

day 2 of the big tree felling exercise and its snowing! tractors frozen and a weekend of hard work ahead of us

hurrah she's passed the test

colin and inca after the gundog test - beginners retrieving -with their friends.

going, going......

well the oak trees are down just 400 christmas trees to take down now to clear the site for the build.

silver thimble workshop

i've been so busy i forgot to add some images from the lovely workshop at the silver thimble near york. 2 happy days spent with a group of lovely ladies doing a bit of melting and burning and a big thankyou for looking after me so well.