The hobbity bit

The hobbity bit

When I say that 2025 wasn’t a good year, I forget that somehow we managed to finish what was really quite a big job. It all started when out of frustration at the never ending rodent problem down at the wood store end of our living room, I decided that the way...
Rebuilding in 2026

Rebuilding in 2026

Well, its been a while. I’ll gloss over the absence of posts for the last while and continue as if nothing happened. 2025 (and really 2024) was a bad year – my mum was ill for a long time, and died at the end of May 2025, and then the rest of the year...
Round(ish) house project update

Round(ish) house project update

After two years I’ve finally succumbed to covid, so am waiting out my quarantine by updating some of the information on the website. First up is the roundhouse – a project that at one point I thought would never end. After a quick start, the thought of...
Finishing the roundhouse

Finishing the roundhouse

Five years ago now we started building the strawbale roundhouse, which has been a slow affair, mainly due to not having any good clay with which to make earth plaster.  The roundhouse has sat there full of junk – a wasted opportunity that has nagged at me each...
The storm before the calm

The storm before the calm

I keep nearly writing posts, and it seems there is so much to put in that it never gets done, so its time for a good update and then we’ll keep up to date. There is certainly plenty going on, so here goes. It’s getting on for a decade since I began this...
Limewashing and a barn repair

Limewashing and a barn repair

October was a busy month at Lackan, tackling all the regular jobs that we’ve been putting off too long. The cottages have been limewashed, repairs made to flashings and everything made generally weatherproof. Three years after we bought the lime-hemp plaster,...