winter projects

[BDG]

Mrs BDG wants a proper store at the side of the chimney breast for logs, rather than a couple of trugs on the floor. Above that she said she wants a storage cupboard for tinned and preserved goods that are next in the roll to be used. A wine store above that (old house, high ceilings, plenty of space and it means if the good reds are up a height, they are less likely to be quaffed).

Finish off my patio - it is a terrace I created, about 35 sq/m, front wall 5ft heigh - it has took some back filling bringing in old bricks and rubble scavenged from skips in the area - always knocked and asked people who have the skips if I can take, then bring home and smash it all up small with a big riveting hammer. It would have been much less work to buy in 20mm, or doli or MOT1, but where is the fun in that?!

After that, new greenhouse to put up, many log piles to get moved in front of the patio Austrian style, garden to get back in shape from not growing this year, two new metal sheds to put up, new ceilings in living room and dining room and re-plaster living and dining room.

That is on top of the day job, two days a month cutting and splitting wood and collecting manure whenever I can.

Keeps me busy and I do not have to be a gym wanker to keep myself trim.

Hope to get a few nights cod fishing in too, but it is probably dying off now until February.