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The Hafod is starting to take on a finished look now and the amount of materials lying about is going down. I look forward to being able to get into my garage soon! I finished fitting the inner lining earlier this week in the Hafod dome, fitting small plastic caps and washers to all of the nuts and clipping the edge of the fabric to the frame with some clever tubular plastic clips. I took the bull by the horns on Thursday and cut a hole in the roof of the tent for the chimne

I do believe that spring may now have sprung, as well as the Red Kites putting on beautiful Arial displays as they prepare to nest; we have now got Wagtails down across Janes field. They are a regular spring visitor who come by to nest, although I have no idea where they go for their Winter holidays they are a welcome sign of the Spring progressing. We’ve managed to complete lots of small jobs on Redwood Retreat this week, the most significant being getting the interior linin

Woke up and it wasn't a Chelsea morning, as sung by Joni Mitchel but more of a Shetland Morn. In Shetland you can experience a year’s weather in a day with rapid changes encompassing everything from rain and snow to gales and sunshine; and that’s about how it's been here for most of the week. Since the weather changed on Wednesday we’ve had high winds and low temperatures and short breaks of everything else as well, very frustrating. I stated today with an earful of Shetland

Some one seems to have put a heavy foot on the accelerator pedal. The week has sped by and it's Sunday again and I'm knackered. With the cold but dry days we’ve managed to get a lot done so the idea is to have a bit of a rest today. So taking the week backwards; today we went shopping online to get a fire bowl for the newly created fire pit. A local guy creates them from old commercial truck wheel rims. Due here in a week or so. We also purchased a bed and mattress for the Ha