All the fun of the maintenance

Incredibly, this is what Rol and Harry had to do to replace some tiles on a particularly tricky roof. All the trickier when the cherry picker sticks, fully extended.

Patented Purcell surf method

On the Killyon Manor weir.
Not to be tried at home - or on the Killyon manor weir for that matter - hazardous and possibly even foolhardy.
ie: quite good fun

Trim castle campaign

See the little kayak and some frantic paddling? That's Rosie. her and guest Jimmy took inflatable kayaks all the way from our river, the River Deal, to Trim castle, in the local country town. Tracing the same route as the vikings, who left gold coins in the Killyon Manor graveyard - now in the National Museum.

Labour of love

This is a geodesic dome, soon to be home to rampant growth. It is a stunning, total original, bought on Ebay for my birthday, deconstructed in the snow in Leeds and now being lovingly re-built by volunteers on the front lawn, which is as complicated as it looks.