Wombles 'Soweto/Turner Prize' efforts gave me a good laugh.
OK, this should amuse you then!!
I decided that the wooden frame for Soweto had been hanging about for far too long and having tried all the usual places for second hand metal sheets and failed, I figured what the hell, the deadline for the Turner Prize must be coming up shortly anyway!
So the roof and back is made from wrinkly tin, but I clad the sides with canvas from a cut up builder's bag I rescued from the rubbish pile. Somebody will probably put a horn through it at some point, but I'm happy to give it a try for now - at least it's light!
The whole thing is on two fenceposts which act as skids, with some rope attached so I can tow it around. With a couple of rollers made from old round fenceposts that's easy enough to do myself, or if I'm feeling lazy I can use the Landy.
The sheep haven't used it much yet as they have plenty of shelter in their current field (or perhaps they woudn't be seen dead in it - they are teenagers after all!), but I'm sure they will once they get moved to the other field which has no natural hedges or walls to hide behind.
The other thing I did recently was to put in a scratching rail for the sheep.
I needed a snecking post to hold the gate open anyway (that's what the wee galvanised catch is for), so this just reinforces it and goes at an angle up to a very secure strainer post (variable height you see!
). The idea is that the sheep will choose to rub on this and not destroy the fences - we'll see. It's certainly well used, and seems to reach the parts other scratching posts do not!
All good fun!!