Hugh Sawyer - Ditch Monkey, Writer, Enviro-mentalist

Cant you just chop down the forrest and build a fire. Boom X

I'll chop you down ya hooligan

I shall sleep with the window open tonight, as a gesture of solidarity. You need to burrow into the mulch for warmth, Hugh.

not much mulch, mostly granite.

had a lot of work on, now back to not so much work so words will follow tomorrow afternoon I think

pics are on the blog. All going well thanks. Plans for winter = enjoy it and spend a lot of time snow boarding.

should of cut yourself some more... lol@taking down the roof.

Some berries can attack the liver and the results are a slow poisoning - do be very careful on what you strip down and eat berry wise.

I trust you know 100% what your eating?

holiday (driving to the UK and picking up all my stuff) nose back to the grindstone on Monday

Fair enough - just checking the wolves hadn't eaten you.

"Any wolves in this forest?" said the tourist. "Nah mate, the bears ate them all" says the local with a smile.

the design is all in my head, I just need to find the right bits of wood, build it, realise the fatal flaw, tear it down, rebuild it, repeat.

hahahahaha so your not the 7 'P' type then.

I'm keeping an eye out but will keep working with what I have as it is the best there is on offer at the moment. With a bit of work it should be fine.

aye fair enough. What you got in m ind? semi turfed roof and wall area? granted turf might be a bit thin on the ground round there..

utilise the big rock as one wall. Build a sturdy roof out of sticks, the basha, and loads of spruce bows. Make more walls out of sticks and birch bark, not too worried about walls as there will be plenty of snow to use as insultion. Just really need a roof that is strong enough not to collapse.