I've been threatening to start some kind of ongoing diary/blog for a while; my sister in law prompted me to actually commit to it a couple of weeks ago but I'm finally, finally getting around to it. The actual trigger turned out to be a piece of homework for The Child — a project over the Easter Holiday to do a small study on bees, which somehow became us making a one minute documentary about them. Having been reminded just how easy it is to create a static page on Cloudflare, I figured that's the perfect place in which to host a blog absolutely no one will read. So here we are. A little html and css later, and I have a blog!
The Project
Other than that diversion, today held the final meeting for an interesting upcoming project. I'm having to refresh my contract writing knowledge for it; it should be a bijou little side extension to a Victorian house that I can see from my window. Makes a distinct change to not have to commute miles. Some scope for some interesting features — I'm thinking of non-masonry structural elements with metal studs to achieve a high U-value for the overall build, but the site is tiny and access limited.
Heidi
Over the weekend I spent a solid 6 hours working on Heidi (our motorhome conversion). A great deal of welding is to be done; rust extensive along both sills as the poor thing's been sat for a fair while now. Turns out stitch welding 1mm panels is very tricky with an old and beaten up MIG welder, but my hope is that it's primarily a steep learning curve and user error rather than anything hugely at fault with the device itself. Lessons picked up; slower wire speed, higher voltage, clean the metal thoroughly. I have however managed to unstick her clutch, rear brakes and freed up some of the gearing, but I fear it'll be a new gearbox this year.
The Allotment
Sunday was primarily allotment stuff. Huge amount to do. Have spent the whole of the winter pretending there isn't an allotment looking at me. Nonetheless, managed to get an afternoon down there, plenty of cutting, plenty of digging, little planting. The Child entertained himself admirably though.
I hope this isn't unfathomably dull, but I think it'll be as much a place for me to remember what on earth I did as anything else. So there we are.