Our man who can and the van

Some friends of ours are setting off on a great adventure soon. They have bought an old bus and our resident man who can, is helping them do it up. Today we started taking out the old floor. It's really important to try and reduce the weight especially if you are going to build inside it.

We had to remove rather a lot of bolts using various methods - angle grinding them out, drilling them out and undoing them with a cordless drill. I will keep you posted as to how things proceed. Our friends have about a month before they set off to Spain.

Building leaf shelters

Yesterday we had fun making leaf shelters. First we made shelters for our toys then we made one for ourselves. We also made some simple bread out of flour and water which we cooked on  a fire and later we cooked sausages. Today in complete contrast we took the boys ice skating at a local outdoor rink.

On another note altogether we are getting ready to have some pigs. We are housing them in a old poly tunnel frame and have made a sty out of old pallets.