Again, Wilderness Woods, down in East Sussex, has been a source of beautiful display of a functionning community. A week worth of work with furiously motivated volunteers. I've been paid with silliness and politically incorrect humour, and it was worth it.
I don't know where it'll end up. The goal is to build a waterproof cabin, entirely out of the wood of the forest next to my cottage, with handtools only.
The arrogant french man I am is amazed by the diversity of places we can find in the South-East of England. Last year, a new friend introduced me into the Wilderness Woods (website), a place I'd call experimental, open and well oiled. I'll leave you the pleasure of the discovery if you want to give them a visit. ...
Back in the open air museum of Jarrow Hall in Newcastle. After repairing the Saxon house, we've been asked to furnish it.
Don't stop reading after a wrong interpretation of the title. I recently was asked for help by young couple that bought an old farmhouse in the countryside close to Tours, France. Their roof was a patchwork of old and very recent modifications. It was wrong and looked wrong. The difference with any other work I have ever done, was that...
That happened in Jarrow Hall, a lovely green bubble, an open air museum where experimental archeology is a thing. With Gorgeous Marc and Cheeky Marco and alot of fantastic musuem voluteers. Newcastle Area.
In some cases, houses are meant to represent the wealth of their owners. I mean, in alot of cases, like cars, clothes, habits... Well. This outdoor kitchen contains as much oak rafters as possible. With colourfull Steve and a very blond Ralph (they did most of the work). Tenterden, Kent Area
England is Full of these old bay windows. Really old. Often patched with wood filler or modern fast grown wood. That one received slightly more attention. Near to Sevenoak, Kent.
Kevral Farm (website), on the top of a hill next to the sea, South Cornwall, is a place where people try to live together simply. They've ordered a douglas camping shelter, roofed with very fragrant Lawson cypress shingles.
This old little house has been full of surprises. A big part of the old flooring and joist system had to be redone because of its very bad state. That involved having an eye under the-probably-300-years-old-floorboards. Broken clay pipes, leather straps and brass boucles, copper needles and few other little treasures. I'll try to add a copy of the...