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June
21st 2003
We have had a great 2 weeks progress, following the
cob building course, and are now almost 4 feet up
the walls all the way around. We have really got the
hang of producing good mixes with our digger, with
occasional visits from a local diggerman who has a
much more powerful machine. We are all amazed at cob's
ability to dry out, with such speed that if a wall
isn't pared back within a few days it becomes almost
too hard to work. We have all the temporary formwork
in place for the window openings, and you can now
get a feel for how the rooms will be. We have been
blessed by a steady stream of hard-working and delightful
volunteers, to all of whom we are hugely grateful.
We have also been very lucky with the weather, by
Friday we were all sunburnt, but the cob is drying
out so well that we barely need to stop to let it
dry oout, we just go up again with another lift. We
will be continuing to raise the walls during the next
two weeks, with the hope of getting the walls high
enough that we can begin putting on the joists for
the upstairs. So far it is a delightful process (and
hard work too!) and it is great to see it all taking
shape, especially as we have now begun to chisel out
bookshelves and niches.
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