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Published: September 21st 2008
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Wool
Christine and Lea with some of the wool that is to be stuffed in the roof Monday - Hardly seemed to be there then back up the road after calling in at screwfix in Livingston. Delays all the way, either roadworks or slow traffic took over 2 hours so Ewan made a temporary door while he waited for me to turn up.
Ended up spending evening with Tober and a bottle of wine.
By Wednesday the top half of the gable was clad and from the west the house resembles a Swiss chalet.
It was the last night at Tombreck for Lea and Christine, our German woofers, so we went for dinner at the Ben Lawers Hotel then back to the manse for a small farewell party with Ewan, Marieke, Marcus and Tober - ending up as yet another late night with Tober.
Thursday I ran the girls into Killin to catch a bus to Callander and eventually Biggar where their next woofing adventure awaits. thanks girls for all your help and hopefully see you again (the house warming?). They left behind a mountain of treated (boraxed) wool and also managed to stuffed shedloads of wool into the rafters.
Thursday (wendy's View) - prepare for volunteers day. Bought 10 new mugs(OK they
half clad
The top half of the wall has been clad, while the bottom is just lime weren't branch new... some previously loved mugs from the charity shop in Linlithgow) and looked out some spare spoons and forks. We'll still be short of soup plates (which is what they call up here what I would call dishes or bowls), so will have to borrow from Tober & Sue..
Friday Ewan and Marieke left to play on Colonsay I pottered about generally cleaning and started taking down the scaffold on the south side of the building. Then set off to pick up Wendy and Emma at Stirling. Spent the evening preparing food on Katie's Raeburn - I really need to find out how to control the "green beast".
Saturday our next group of volunteers turned up - Tim and Emma (both again), Debbie, Jo and Nathan (aged 10) and David. David's parents also turned up for "a look" but were soon enrolled in the (almost) organised chaos that ensued at least that's how it looked from downstairs where Tim, and I were taking down the remainder of the scaffolding on the south side. Ewan and I had erected a temporary floor above the stairwell and fixed dwangs (for attaching the plasterboard) to the rafters, so much
wool was stuffed. Saturday was also Doors Open Day and the Cartshed Studio was one of the "open buildings". Most of the people who turned up were given a brief tour of the house and were duly impressed.
Debbie's husband John joined us for dinner having just cycled from Achnasheen to Wick via Cape Wrath.
Another evening discussing "cabbages and kings" over a good meal and glass of wine or beer.
Willy is in the bath washing much dust, straw and lime from his hair mainly, so I get a shot.
Today the sun shone and the sky was blue and cloudless, so the guys took advantage of this and tidied up outside. They "found" the foundation slab underneath a covering of straw. lime and general debris, which means there's a chance that the holes for the balcony and woodshed posts can be drilled soon.
Meanwhile, inside, Debbie covered the bits of wall under the eaves with reed lath and Emma and I stuffed the holes in the north wall. We also spread out a load more wool and sprayed it with borax solution.
Then it was time for lunch, tidying up, going for
No scaffolding!
Not only has the scaffolding in the back garden gone, but the sky is blue a walk and then heading back home.
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