Protest
March 25, 2009
I had to deal with a bit of protest over the past days. After moving six crates of slate from the drive way at Holmisdale to the house, the old back protested furiously and gave in. I was “out of order” for four days. I twisted a muscle left of the left shoulder blade. Coughing, sneezing and laughing was all highly uncomfortable. But today everything was good again and I picked up where I had left: plastering the inside walls. The reason for doing this, is that it will stop the rubble and the smaller stones from falling down and then form a “cold bridge” between the stones and the internal timber frame of the house. Which might in turn lead to damp problems. So, it will not be visible in the end result but it is very rewarding as the walls do look much better.
Due to bad weather over the past days there hasn’t been much progress. Icky prepped the timber moldings for the skews and the front part of the roof looks all nice and smart again. And a huge pile of aggregate was delivered so everything is ready for pouring the concrete slab.
On another note, I noticed a letter to the editor of the WHFP where the author suggested that tax payer’s money should not be spent on bi-lingual road signs but on improving the road surfaces. I would not want to discriminate the importance of bilingual road signs, but I do think the roads on Skye are due for some major patching up. The number of potholes is worrying at least. That same letter quoted a regular columnist of the WHFP claiming that the Dutch use three languages as the norm for their road signs. Well, the last time I looked they did not. Just one. Just plain Dutch. You might come across multi lingual signs in Friesland, one of the northern counties of Holland, but three…. no.
Weather wise I can say that we’re hit by a winter revival. Very windy, very wet and very cold.
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