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Joy of joys, it would seem like spring has sprung; sunshine and no wind, although up here it is easy to be fooled. Tomorrow is St Davids day so summer is still a month or 3 away!! We had a spectacular night sky yesterday with a large Trump (orange) moon, no clouds with what looked like 2 large vapour trails spread across the stars. Very special. We’ve managed to change the look of Jane’s field this week with the erection of the frame for the “garden” dome and alongside it th

As hoped for the week started of cold and crisp so on Monday we ventured out and hooked the big trailer on to the little quad. The trailer was loaded with some of the bathroom building and total weight was well over the quads technical towing capacity but as I was only going a 100 metres or so and mainly downhill or on the level it wasn’t going to trouble the quad once put into low ratio gear; and so it proved. Due to the slippery ground we did go through one gateway a bit si

The Met Offices prediction for the Beast from the East proved to be correct but I guess they’re bound to get things right sometimes. As expected the South and East got the lion’s share of the weather and my delivery which was coming from Felixstowe was delayed and didn’t arrive until Tuesday. A friend with a fork lift helped to get the packages off the truck and on to my large trailer which is more suitable for the last part of the journey up our trackway. I was expecting to

So here we are another week older and the weather continues to shape my days; very little bright sunshine and barely any wind, the temperature has been hovering around freezing with intermittent rain. Welcome to Wales! But in spite of this I have got the base for the Hafod finished. I promised myself that I’d have it ready for when the new dome arrived and delivery to me is now confirmed for tomorrow (Monday) having cleared customs last Tuesday. So by the skin of my teeth I m

Now which box is mine? I've had notification that the container in which my shipment of new geodesic domes for Redwood Retreat are due to clear UK customs shortly. Then the box will be unpacked and my 3 pallets will finally be forwarded to us here in Wales. With the wonders of modern tech I've been able to track the containers wanderings about the oceans of the world, entry and exit of the Suez canal, across the Bay of Biscay and up the channel before ending up in the Belgium