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Euagh! Re stackwood/cordwood construction that is. Codwood construction ud be worse though.

I really like the look of Tim's dwelling, but strictly speaking it is a timber frame with timber cladding rather than a log cabin. However chances are we will be more likely to go down that route than a true log cabin. I imagine I must have watched that Slovian bloke on Youtube, and was SERIOUSLY impressed at his skills and work ethic. But tightarse that I am I will probably balk at paying for the endless hours of seriously skilled craftsman ship required for a proper log cabin, and the likely difficulty in establishing a fixed price for the work, before committing. I was probably imagining a 1/2 way house approach, where the logs are milled and CNC machined in a factory and delivered in a ready to assemble kit., but a solid(if milled) log construction. The wife still fancies a Huff Haus, or very similar, which no doubt would make the proper hand crafted log cabin look cheap in comparison! Cheers Marcus P.S. I looked up Dan Franklin, thanks Bill Norfolk Residential Cabin | Woodenways WWW.WOODENWAYS.COM

Plenty big enough then, how is it constructed?, or what way are the walls made up?

Looks good, what sort of size though?

Seeing as wor daughter found reason to stay an extra week up Aberdeen direction . . . Scotland may beckon to us too?

For a Co. Antrim location. In the notion of something that could be hired out as a holiday let until we decide to move in . We have a suitable site already. Thoughts, suggestions or recommendations please. Marcus

Funny enough Kevin, I had been attempting to articulate how infuriating it must be to work with a roomful of intelligent, or at least well educated, but probably both, and certainly smug, knowing they are unsackable, Senior Civil Servants, who delight in frustrating the Ministers honest efforts to introduce needed reforms, while knowing and delighting in knowing that the Minister carries the responsibility for their actions, or inactions, BUT cannot sack them. Ah pure bliss, for such jobsworths. And I can do no better than refer to any random episode of "Yes Minister!"

Paddy, while accepting your impeccable logic that cleaner/low ash oils allow for running at lower mix ratios, without fouling the plug etc., I simply know that the 2 blokes who looked after the Cemetery were very particular about mixing their red 2stroke at 50:1 to run in the 2S Suzuki engined lawn mowers, which ran 5 days a week, for a solid working day(these 2 blokes were honest and hard-working and genuinely worked the hours they were paid for) for years and years and years. Like when 2s engines were discontinued they preferred to hold onto their old mowers way past when they should have been replaced. Without ever missing a beat. So that and my own limited experience in running an 026 from 1997 until present, at 50:1 on red Stihl 2s, without issue(admittedly little more than heavy hobby use) tells me there is no reason to overoil.

Due to several Rememberance Sunday pissups in various houses in our village, and no doubt plenty of mingling and drunken embraces, the village is now apparently rife with the 'Rona. A very very decent bloke in his seventies is on a ventilator. Our antisocial nature has however been our salvation.

That could be why wor lass got a poor reception in Skye, earlier this week, in a van.

Hard to explain, but as much physically constrained by topography and boundaries and lack of "waste" ground, suitable for such temporary use, such as to make it pointless to ask. I would also anticipate some antagonism at the removal of "mature woodland" despite it being purely planted commercial conifer, nevermind my 25 year of nuturing of the volunteer hardwoods. And we wont mention the "free" money aspect of forestry sales! I have spoken to a respected local diggerman and arranged a site visit to discuss my options. Perhaps I should consider selling a couple of sites sprung off the newly paved access, to really give the neighbours cause to hate me, in particular the twisted gate, since the proposed sites would lie-in bounding his idillic rural garden . . .

No point, one neighbour is "a twisted gate/git", tother is trying to sell his place this 2 years past.

Simply no. not a runner. at all.

I was approached by SWL, since the mills over here are mad keen for timber, and yes IF I had sold them 12 month ago, before that ferocoiusly dry March through to May in the spring of this year, I ud ha bin laughing all the way to the bank. Though I could cross my finger and stall until mid Feb, hoping for the usual? bitterly cold/dry spell we get when things are driest. I am actually concerned about the damage likely to be caused to the many volunteer Oak, and moreso to the precious few volunteer Beech, which I have been nuturing this past 25 years, and which I suspect would likely be tramped undertrack, despite the glib assurances proffered. But the 40 year old Sitka has already started to blowdown . . . mth

Well floating the trees out upright does sound like quite the plan . . .

Stere, I Just started to scan through that att. report, it is looking like a very pragmaticlly written document so far. Thank you. mth tsk tsk, first typo „fine fibrous peat‟ and „course fibrous peat‟ (Radforth, 1969) this should be coarse, of course.

Apologies Eddie, by "the hard" I meant the County road, and where the peat Rodden meets the County road is a hard tight "T" bounded on both sided by other landowners.

I always intended to secure a cutting of 7 ply to the top of my LP chopping blocks, with Tech7/Stixall type construction adhesive. But, sigh, I never quite get around to it.

As above, I only need about 150m in off the hard, but where the truck will sit to self-load, is alongside a deep sheaugh, and the only practical arrangement is to stockpile on the far side of the sheaugh. It is all rank moss, albeit with an undisturbed scraw of 25 year old grass and weeds. Since I will be on the hook for these costs, any wrong decision will eat into my returns, and disproportinately so, with the limited area to be harvested. Thinking of about 500mm deep of crushed stone over Terram and possibly incorprating the plastic weldmesh type stuff where the truck will be loading. The key will be paving it well enough to prevent irreversible damage occuring, without overdoing it and burying any useful profit in the ground. Thoughts please, Marcus

That derogation pisses me off, if it OK for "alternatively fuelled" vehicles to run at 4.25t it is simply safe to run at 4.25 tonne regardless of the fuel type.

Since our bedroom looks East, I have the pleasure of waking up to the Sun streaming in when the clouds allow. This allows me to truely marvel at the massive quantity of airborne dust we are breathing each and every second of our lives. The fluff bunnies that accumulate almost overnight are also a perplexing wonder. Forby that observe the effects of wind along Portstewart Strand, carrying massive quantities of sand/silica dust. In short the human animal has evolved to survive in less than pristine air. Btw most polished horizontal surfaces quickly accumulate a layer of probably mostly wood ash dust from the stoves. But unless we are going to stop sleeping in beds, all is lost. Btw, the vast quantities of Talcum powder some females dust about their lady bits/babies bits may need properly investigating! Better to campaign to stop smoking and vaping for sure, if air quality is the issue.

Ah hear Stella has agreed a multi million $ deal for Jonny Depp to advertise their larger . . .

Sorry, but my lazy creaky back always tells me to reach for the lightest possible saw, well actually my only saw, and I picked it because it was the lightest with the best power to weight ratio. I have never had cause to regret my decision either. Only cutting conifers mind you. mth

Harsh as it may be, but times I listen and I dont care, nay I may even think to myself "well, what the fcuk did you expect to happen, so suck it up!" MarkJ will attest to this facet of my character. mth

Mark, I too finally figured out and accepted that simply by starting to mindlessly tidy up, or sort buckets of (swept up from the floor at work ) nuts, bolts, screws and nails was indeed its own therapy. And yes, there will be a day ahead when things look so much brighter. regards, mth