Follow our experiences in self building our ecohouse on the west coast of Scotland on the Isle of Gigha on our croft plus the occasional rant about life the universe and everything. Our build is pretty innovative in being roundhouses (2 x linked dodecahedra) built in Structural Insulated Panels with no internal structural walls or timbers and with a turf roof. Never been done before or so we think. Check out our website at http://www.ecoroundhouse.co.uk/
Saturday, 16 October 2010
gin and it
Jayne has become something of a gin connosieur. We sampled two bottles last night with Fiona - Lachie was supping red wine as he was driving to Ibrox today to take Alex for her first football game (a 4-1 won over Motherwell as it happened). We finished off the remnants of a bottle of Brecon Gin, smooth and subtle, and knocked off a decent % of a bottle of Shetland Gin. Bit later to bed than we had planned. Today with a wee gin head on her (I was fine, of course) we placed concrete in glorious sunshine in our T shirts. Slow start today but eventually two cubes in the ground, steel reinforcing in place - finish the job tomorrow. After the Archer's omnibus probably unless there is someone interesting on Desert Island Discs - 50/50 chance usually. We do work seven days a week on this build but we try to pace ourselves somewhat over the weekend - we'll still have placed over 4 cubes of C35 using 1.5 tonnes of cement - 60 bags - by the time we get home for tea tomororow. Amazing sunset over Islay - a sun ghost and halo projected above the horizon after the sun had gone down. Both knackered - its been a hard week in the trenches.
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