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I rigged up an ugly-structure to protect my pile of sand from the light hearted trampling of the lambs. Belatedly. But not too late.

Finished cutting the flooring members to length, and laid some practice floor on top of the members to see what it was like. It was good. Unfortunately, when I dug into my pile of would be flooring timbers, most of them were rotten, the result of years of outdoor storage. Unfortunate. I’ll need to come up with a new plan for the floor.

I feel sick in the guts courtesy of about 8 mini hashbrowns smeared in tartare sauce earlier on. I intended them as a snack only, I’ll rustle up a salad now I think. Sick in the guts having been said, I’m pretty pleased to have put in an hour or so in the evening after work.

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Woo hoo! BACK INTO IT!

Today was a great wee stint, ably assisted by Paul who tagged in early in the piece. Aside from a brief game of saw tag Paul and I got on well and made good progress. Having 2 people made lifting, organising, and measuring so much easier. We drilled some holes, and attached the wood that will hold the floor to the foundation. We also got the bottom plates (?) ready.

I’m going to have to get things into quite a state of readiness now. There are sheep and lambs playing around and inside the shack. If I put the polythene down now, the lambs will tag it, probably the floor also. Maybe I’ll just have to wait until they are moved to another paddock.