Worst ever year for keeping logs dry

[Big J]

Well I'm in Bavaria at the moment and the weather is ruddy lovely. It's not wet either. It's just crappy British maritime weather.

 

I suggest emigrating!

[big chris the log]

Hi big J lucky you .Roll on easter i am off to sweden and finland for 10 days to look at some log houses and some equipment but at the moment emigrating sounds good.

Cheers Chris

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Think we should really count ourselves lucky Jon. Even though it's been miserable and wet for an age in the South west we have not had the quantities and flooding the the North west has had. Spring will be here soon and that is usually our sunniest parts of the year recently.

 

You can probably tell I am not as down as when I started this thread. Amazing what 36 hours without rain can do

 

Lovely drying day today; about to be ruined by "back to normal" ...

 

I suggest emigrating!

 

You reading my mind...

[mendiplogs]

Lovely drying day today; about to be ruined by "back to normal" ...

 

 

 

You reading my mind...

 

Hi JOHN THIS week rain 💦💦💦💦💦💦💦💦mate thanks Jon

[Stereo]

Try keeping a large amount of chikkins in this. Hell of a mess, poor things. I got caught out this year as I'd coppiced about half an acre of hazel last winter and left most in billets in the field to season, assuming I would haul it back in on those lovely crispy December days. Wrong. Couldn't get near it as the field is steep. Have been carting it back by hand and now it's soaked through. Just picked up a Kioti Mechron which will get out the other side of the valley but still means hurling it all across a fairly wide stream. Bit of a disaster really.

[Big J]

You reading my mind...

 

Well in the Eifel mountains, not too far from the Belgian border, you get this for £120k:

 

 

TOP-Gepflegte Immobilie im Landhausstil mit Nebengebäude + schöner Garten inkl. Teich + Kamin + Garage u.v.m. Einfamilienhaus Daun (27BPJ4Y)

 

That gets you 4 bedrooms, a couple of living rooms, 2 bathrooms, several cellar rooms, a couple of balconies, a large plot, a small lake/very large pond and a sauna!

 

Came back from lovely winter weather in Bavaria to howling wind and rain. Part of the roof in my office had collapsed when a leak filled the void between the roof and the plasterboard. Part of the tin sheeting on one of my barns had peeled back.

 

It never stops raining or blowing a gale here. A continental climate certainly appeals!

[wisewood]

What about a big polytunnel on stilts?

[mendiplogs]

What about a big polytunnel on stilts?

 

Hi Wise It was DRY here today thanks Jon

[william petts]

been plenty of heavy wind today which always help drying the logs

[Woodworks]

been plenty of heavy wind today which always help drying the logs

 

Unless it's laden with rain which it was here