Weekend 2-3 April 2011
We had so much still to do, to get things unpacked or stored away. Next Friday was ‘Bobstock’ – Rob’s birthday and our land-warming, so the pressure was on to get the decking clear.
Dave had made this great table for the van on Thursday. It lifts up to create a bit more space if we need it. When we're sitting at a meal it feels like being in a railway carriage,
And I was committed to shelving everywhere I could, to take the pressure off the kitchen and clothing storage areas. Here's a spice rack, plate store, and computer shelves, with t-shirt shelves in the background.
All the shelving is difficult, because I'm not confident about screwing into the side of the van, so I have to find ways to fix brackets to the wooden partitions - which is why the spice rack right hand end is suspended from the shelf above.
All well and good. Dave had run out of plumbing, and had even got most of the wiring under control; and looked set to help with the shelving. But I didn’t realise a new obsession had him ‘under its wing’. One evening last week, he’d been talking to ‘dead-dog’ Morgan, now known as ‘Killer’ as she had not only accidentally closed one of the dogs’ heads in the electric gates, but had had a chicken eaten by another of the dogs, and finally had given Kelvin a headache tablet to which he reacted with anaphylactic shock and needed to be rushed to hospital (he's fine now). Not someone you’d want to mix with, you’d think? Anyway, ‘Killer’ Morgan had agreed to get Dave a couple of chickens, as she knows a reputable supplier who has them all inoculated and properly cared for.
So Dave built a chicken house. He used up every piece of suitable scrap wood, and patched together this great triangle coop, which did us a favour in clearing much of the wood cluttering about.
Also over the weekend we spotted this interesting flower springing up around the place, a tassel hyacinth
and noticed that the wisteria has survived the transition to the land and is putting out flowers.
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