tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post5633349327885660258..comments2024-03-18T17:15:39.964+00:00Comments on Life on (nearly) a Small Island: Dry stane dyke - Day 2Sianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13827449325297069660noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-50619366031534579862010-06-14T11:58:46.619+01:002010-06-14T11:58:46.619+01:00I hope it all met Button's approval!
The end ...I hope it all met Button's approval!<br /><br />The end result is incredible, well done to all.Mickle in NZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10432796020646607634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-68764476397653322842010-06-11T19:31:39.622+01:002010-06-11T19:31:39.622+01:00Oh, oh, but...just remembered a gloriously silly p...Oh, oh, but...just remembered a gloriously silly poem by Pam Ayres, which tells the other side of the story.<br />(Imagine it read in a Mumerzet accent)<br /><br />'I am a dry stone waller,<br />All day I dry stone wall.<br />Of all appalling callings<br />Dry stone walling's<br />Worst of all.'<br /><br />:DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-6825609178540786292010-06-11T19:28:34.921+01:002010-06-11T19:28:34.921+01:00How exciting! No, really. Both my husband and my l...How exciting! No, really. Both my husband and my late dad are/were mildly obsessed with dry-stane dyking: neither of them have done it yet, but both of them want/ed to 'one of these days'. It was the one event at the local agricultural show (yes, competitive dry-stane dyking) that my dad always stopped to watch. I think I must send my husband on a course: when you have a desk-bound job, a spot of concentrated, practical, physical craftsmanship is just what the doctor ordered.<br /><br />Even I love to see a well made wall, and it's encouraging that there's been a bit of a revival in the craft. Your new dyke looks splendid. Did you manage to keep the fish stone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-9925493221470235322010-06-10T16:26:39.479+01:002010-06-10T16:26:39.479+01:00Very important to have approval of all the animals...Very important to have approval of all the animals! Though hens are in for a shock once the gate goes on as they won't be able to get over the wall now it's been repaired!!Sianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086990153239265950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-5271606353640971582010-06-10T11:47:38.811+01:002010-06-10T11:47:38.811+01:00It looks great, nice to see the animals giving the...It looks great, nice to see the animals giving the finished effort their seal of approval too :)Morag Heirshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10496569621515338512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-36524261867309414212010-06-08T04:48:21.422+01:002010-06-08T04:48:21.422+01:00The wall is lovely Sian. Nice pose from Button to...The wall is lovely Sian. Nice pose from Button too :-)The Learner Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11688493229421762557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496522256748038434.post-12987293567898542112010-06-08T03:57:58.619+01:002010-06-08T03:57:58.619+01:00I love the fish stone!I love the fish stone!Bev Sykeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794928133704720689noreply@blogger.com