Garden retreat

Consolations of the forest – Sylvain Tesson
This bivi spot in the garden catches prevailing weather and is overlooked
Aha… dead shed
20 Feb ’21
The Larch roots toppled the old shed…
… and have to be accounted for in siting the cabin legs – 15 Mar – tamped gravel into bottom of hole, laid piece of green driveway grid, stood post on that and tamped gravel around – i cooked this idea up in an attempt to avoid standing water rotting the posts
21 Mar ’21
… just enough for a test night-out
9 Apr – roof & floor
12 Apr – end wall with removable upper half for summer
14 Apr – back wall with removable upper sections
… for summer nosinesses
dear trophy
Pond liner + rootproof membrane – planning green roof (when I’ve sussed the detail)
Feather-edge boards
15 Jul post-ride brew
… with my boy Alex
10 Jul
29 Nov
26 May ’22 – view from the shed/hut/cabin
There’s a wife in there
Coffee in the hammock
13 Oct ’22 – testing the new tipi-stove
‘nother night oot
Guests – Rach & Jenny
21 Oct – added an end wall/window
Prototype day bed
… and night bed obvs
7 Nov 22
9th Nov
Mild pleasant warm November so far
After a sesh at Scuggy

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