Barn Re-Engineering

Walking today:   3.9km

"More construction?"

Dominique was passing and saw the trailer creaking under the pile of construction timber and concrete blocks, we'd just returned in the rain from Leroy-Merlin our builders' merchant.

"Just a few garden projects to keep us busy in the Spring, Dominique"

Dominique looked a bit doubtful, not sure if it was mention of Spring or the alien concept of a garden construction that had confused him.

Our open barn (hanger in French) got a new roof in November, it's about six metres high and has a large west facing wall in corrugated steel. Taking advantage of the west facing aspect and plagiarising a design from our friends Steve and Sue over the road we set to building a trellis to enable our New climbing roses and clematis to reach for the skies.

Pip - never one to resist a ladder - helped too: