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I had thought it would be just Bob and Jen. Then Esther said she was free. Then Andrew and Daisy, then Ryan, Alec, Sam, two friends of Bob’s I’d never met…<\/p>\n

I thought I’d better get the interior of the toilet done before the weekend. It’s only polite.<\/p>\n

\"the<\/p>\n

And since Jorge and I had successfully finished the bunk beds, I made some sheets for them. Jack helped.<\/p>\n

\"Jacks<\/p>\n

I also made a one-hour bench from bits and offcuts. Came out comfy and lovely, and I will make several more, I think.<\/p>\n

\"the<\/p>\n

Everyone arrived by late Saturday morning and work was underway. We set about de-nailing all the rest of the wood from Antony’s old house and auditing it for use in the last building to be built with that batch: the Wendy House, a two-bed bunk-house overlooking the bluebell wood.<\/p>\n

\"De-nailing<\/p>\n

Andrew, a keen and efficient manager as well as builder, was indispensable. And quick with a circular saw. He was in charge of cutting all the pieces.<\/p>\n

\"Andrew<\/p>\n

Bob and Jen made an excellent team as usual sticking the bits together and putting them in place.<\/p>\n

\"Putting<\/p>\n

With all four walls up, we put up the end rafters to hold the ridgepole…<\/p>\n

\"Bob<\/p>\n

And went and had lunch.<\/p>\n

\"Lunch!\"<\/p>\n

But the frame was soon done, and we set about enjoying it and being very proud.<\/p>\n

\"the<\/p>\n

This took some time, with people taking it in shifts to enjoy the building.<\/p>\n

\"anna<\/p>\n

But eventually we managed to get what we thought was the full enjoyment out of it for one day and moved on to other things.<\/p>\n

\"Anna<\/p>\n

Daisy, Sal and Anna started digging the trench from the water pipe up towards the house site, by way of the shower, which will be a proper shower at some point this summer.<\/p>\n

\"Digging<\/p>\n

And as it all wound to a close, Andrew enjoyed a swing over the fading bluebells.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

I’m exhausted, but also elated, as usual, with how much we got through that would have taken me weeks on my own.<\/p>\n

Now Jorge has gone back to Spain, and I might sleep all day tomorrow, or at least waste time on the internet, before my next volunteer arrives in the evening and it’s back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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