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<\/a>Demolishing the old wall<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The new one ready for rendering<\/p><\/div>\n
It still needs rendering, but not having been on\u00a0a rendering course I’d better leave that for the experts. All in all I am very happy with it and it saved me a fair chunk of money.<\/p>\n
The more I work outside, the more I enjoy it, and the more I realise that it is far healthier than sitting behind a computer, despite the odd callous and stiff back in a morning.<\/p>\n
In Spain, of course, I won’t be using the block-work you can see here, unless it gets hidden by natural stone facing. Everything will be\u00a0local stone or slate.<\/p>\n
In some way I hope that they have to\u00a0excavate a lot of rock to make the channel and pit for the septic tank (although this will be more costly) as this will give me lots of ready stone for landscaping, without the need to take it from other existing walls around the site. It seems crazy to be shipping in new stone when there is such an abundance just lying around, or just under the surface.<\/p>\n
So just over three days now until my departure so back to making and checking those lists.<\/p>\n
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There is a lot to remember for next Tuesday, the day I set off for Portsmouth via the wood burner shop south of Birmingham, for my ultimate destination in Galicia. The only way I\u00a0have any chance of remembering\u00a0is to make … Continue reading