The winter were the world 'normal' changed!
Greetings from my shack on the side of a BC mountain. In my last update dated 7 th November I said I would provide another in late January or early February, so I am clearly in naval terms “somewhat adrift.” But to be fair I had nothing to show in terms of progress until now. Thanks to those who, having seen nothing from me, made contact in late March to check all was well just as the world went into Covid 19 lockdown. My readers will recall from the last edition that I had spent the best part of 30 days physical effort in September and October completing my patio’s stone retaining wall, installing my entrance steps (using a system of wooden chocks, slides and levers to move the 220lb cut rock slabs) and completing the groundwork for the concrete patio pour. Then, ready last week of October, the weather turned unseasonably cold, dropping to between -7C and -14C at night and barely creeping up to +4C by day. Those conditions are rather more typical ...