Posts by Phil Greenfield

We have walls…

I´m not sure if it´s an official record, but the team has managed to get the structure of the house built in 4 days (according to our guide “Ren-dog” Renaldo it normally takes 2 weeks), and so we´re definately going to contact Noris McWerter (sic).  Even our gaffer (the inscruitable and perma-tanned Juan) seems impressed. [...]

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One day down, many to go

We´ve finshed the first day and I don´t think i´ve ever worked so hard (manually of course!) in my life. What a team! We´ve made amazing progress. The concrete reinforcement is in place and tied together and we´ve started putting the concrete in for the footings. The second big project of the day was to [...]

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Nearly ready…sort of

Three days to go and getting excited about the adventure ahead. My spare room looks like a charity shop (how many items of work clothing do I really need?). Physical preparation has consisted of digging up some old plants in the garden…better than nothing I suppose. And my multi-coloured work gloves will eclipse the rest!

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