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Another productive day in the forest

This Tuesday saw another fair weather day in the wood. The team worked hard processing the logs into shingles and attaching them to the Weaving House roof.

Cleaving

Donald and Tony were giving it their all cleaving the logs, so much so that the mallet finally disintegrated. Jon needed two attempts to make them a new one! He made the classic error of sawing too far down into the handle with the first one.

This mallet looks better.

John and Beryl used both shaving horse and carpenter’s plane to finish the shingles to the right size and smoothness.

Beryl shaping the sweet chestnut shingle
John surrounded by piles of shavings

No matter how fast the team worked we couldn’t keep up with the shingle fixers! They spent a fair time helping us make more or waiting for the next ‘right size’ shingle.

Simon and Roy waiting…………..

Still at the end of the day we had added substantially to the number of shingles on the roof. Thanks to all that came and helped.

The end of the day.

A tale of two roofs

The latest maintenance day saw further progress on the Weaving House roof. A new delivery of sweet chestnut logs meant the team could swing into ‘full factory production’ mode to help keep the roofers supplied.

South face of the Weaving House showing latest shingle additions

The Thursday team have been working hard on the thatching of the Roundhouse roof.

Thatching the Roundhouse progresses nicely.

Last Tuesday we had a good team working on the shingles. It was the first day that we felt it was really Autumn and although the sun was shining it was distinctly chilly in the shade. In between throwing the ball for Gemma, everyone applied themselves to the preparation and fixing of the shingles. Thanks to everyone and we look forward to seeing you again on site next week.

Shingle shaping