Being the erratic record of our progress in building a straw-bale and cob house on the Greek Island of Lefkada
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Dances with Decking
Sara: "Look, this is how you bang a screw in."
Dave: "I'm sure that's not right, pet."
Dave: "See, if you use the electric drill, they go in much easier."
Sara: "I'm not convinced. Go on, let me have another go with the hammer ..."
Despite technical differences, we finally got the decking finished. Hurrah! For some reason it looks rather like a stage - just begging for a rock festival field-warming. Roll on 'Nidri-stock' (anything Jimi Hendrix can do, we can do ... surely?)
We had a little victory twirl across the boards, but the effect of manual work in the full sun is extreme personal slipperiness - which probably wasn't taken into account by the people who designed the waltz.
Ian and Linda came to inspect the works:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment