 | LES GUIS - 2009 |
| LES GUIS - 2009 |
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2009 opened with two projects under way (not counting the reroofing of the barn and house, and fitting out the attic so that I can live up there next winter).
Firstly, there was the drainage to be seen to. I'm going to be disposing of the waste by a series of lagoons on the slope downhill in my field. I've already dug out the trench from the kitchen at the top of the house down about 10 metres into the field. Here, I'll be installing a junction box so that overflow rainwater and bathroom waste will feed into it, and then I'll need to continue the trench down the hill another 15 metres to where I'll be starting the lagoons.
Secondly, we had the tree-felling. In connection with fitting out the attic I'll be installing a small wood-burning stove up there and I have a couple of sources of supply for the wood to burn.
What used to be a hedge 100 years ago around my field has grown into a mass of straggly scrubby trees that are canting over due to their uncertain roots, blocking the light from the field and obscuring the site of the lagoons which of course will need sunlight to function correctly. They need to be cut back.
There is also the question of car parking. I'm currently leaving Caliburn and a few other bits and pieces parked at the end of the lane but the farmer who has a field down there keeps on passing unhappy glances at everything. I have a plot of land overgrown with trees and shrubs at the side of the barn and if I clear all of this and level it out then once the council gets round to surfacing the track down there I can park up there.
You can keep up-to-date with my antics on a more-or-less daily basis by reading my blog
See more photos from 2009 in the photo gallery.
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