21st May 2007

Car fits on drive.!!!!!

The drive is in!!!! No more mud !!!

It all looks rather fanastic as the granite finish blocks complement the building. Andy St. Pierre and his team worked all last week laying these blocks. Baz (the excavator driver) had spent some years laying paving blocks, lots of them, before he realised there was another life where he could sit in a cosy cab and shift soil with a hydraulic bucket . These years of experience proved invaluable as the workmanship is really excellent. The gabions have been increased in height too !!!!

"How many Huf visitors have you had?" came the words someone on the road on Saturday...

(I was sweating over a barrow of slate)

The enquiry came from a couple of ladies who just wanted to express their approval.(About the House , not me)

Both South African and the elder must have been 80 if she was a day!

"Great" she said, "Just great" "Its so nice to see something different here in England. I come here to visit once a year and there are hedges everywhere and twee houses behind them"

I guess this is true....we tend to favour our privacy by ensuring we live behind a wall or a hedge .

Anyway we agreed they should come back in a couple of weeks to inspect the inside, and there must have been a dozen visits by now, by total strangers who genuinely love the design and the setting.....its just a pity not many of them live nearby!!!!!