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Title: If your reading this I have your attention lol
Post by: Fredflintstone on March 10, 2021, 04:45:12 pm

So another one joining the army of smallholders or dreamer's, hello everyone a little bit about me then. I'm 59 from East Devon a bit retired ( I work when I do ) lol. I restore old buildings - stone work brick work repointing and help people learn to do their own repairs. Thanks for letting me in .

Title: Re: If your reading this I have your attention lol
Post by: Possum on March 11, 2021, 08:14:37 pm

You are very welcome Fred. We are next door in Somerset. Whereabouts in Devon are you?

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Post by: Fredflintstone on March 12, 2021, 12:13:36 pm

Axminster Devon so not far away 😊

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Post by: Rosemary on March 12, 2021, 02:02:09 pm

Hello and welcome from  :sunshine: Carnoustie!

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Post by: wildandwooly on March 12, 2021, 03:34:27 pm

Hello and welcome  :wave:

Nothing wrong with dreamers, the best people are  :) :thumbsup:

Title: Re: If your reading this I have your attention lol
Post by: Fredflintstone on March 12, 2021, 03:45:24 pm

Hello to all that have sent me a message, lovely to be here 😊

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Post by: Possum on March 13, 2021, 10:01:24 am

You are right - Axminster is not that far away from here. We drive through it on our way to the coast (though obviously we have not done very much of that in the last year). It is a lovely ancient town. I expect there is quite a lot of stonework and repointing needed in and around there.

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Post by: Fredflintstone on March 13, 2021, 11:50:21 am

The restoration work I do covers a wide area, I've worked in France Ireland and all over the UK teaching other people to do their own repairs to keep there costs down.

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Post by: wildandwooly on March 13, 2021, 08:38:44 pm

Sounds a great thing to do  :)

What I usually need here is a waller.....for the fields  :roflanim:

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Post by: Fredflintstone on March 14, 2021, 04:54:19 pm

lol, is this dry stone walling? Got to be a windy place 😆

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Post by: wildandwooly on March 14, 2021, 08:21:20 pm

Yes  :D A bit too much of it too!
1,450 feet up it does get just a little bit windy lol and the heavy snow we've just had hasn't helped. Also I've taken on a very neglected field with matching very neglected fencing posts, fencing and dry stone walls so gradually trying to do a bit at a time. It's a SSSi and was a proper hay meadow once. Not many of them left now. My aim is to try and get it back to how it was. You talk about dreaming........It may well take a lot of hard work and advice but I'll get there  :)   :bee: :bfly:  :farmer: :hugsheep:

Title: Re: If your reading this I have your attention lol
Post by: Fredflintstone on March 15, 2021, 03:45:27 pm

I can't promise anything but when you have time and if you want any advice send me some photos and I'll see what I can do.
Could be my next holiday  after covids disappeared lol

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Post by: wildandwooly on March 15, 2021, 08:17:07 pm

 :D You're on!  :thumbsup: