A' Gluasad an Fhiodh

Now that I was half way through the wood in the log store I decided it was time to move it. This of course meant shifting all the wood that was left out and dismantling everything... Why bother you ask? Well first reason would be that I put it in a silly place, in line with the view from the kitchen window... So basically, you couldn't see the garden properly... Secondly, although it worked, it wasn't functionally at it's best in it's current design and I wanted to rebuild it with a design that was more practical and user friendly, that also happened to look better too... And last but not least, it's new location was to be MUCH closer to the back door...

As you can see, shifting the wood was A LOT of fun...

So first off is the rebuild of the basic structure. Can you spot the difference?

And incase you're wondering... All of this timber has been recycled and has cost me zero pennies...

Now that the basic structure is complete, it needs a roof... This is the only part of the build that has cost me any money... Somewhere between forty and fifty pounds for the OSB, roof felt and tacks, hinges, bolts and screws.

Yes it's me doing some work...

You're probably wondering why I'm bothering to put hinges on the roof... Well apart from the fact that it makes it easier to stack/unstack logs when you don't have to crouch down all the time, it's also an opportunity for the logs to do a bit of sunbathing... ;)

Actually maybe I'll use it to house the parentals on visits instead...

Time to load up... But first a bit of log splitting to break up some of the bigger pieces...

No space wasted... The gaps in the pallets are used to store various bits of timber for later use.

I was slightly optimistic about the roof however. That is, despite having lived in Skye for six years and knowing how fierce the wind can get, I thought the hinged roof would be heavy enough to stay put, but I was wrong... A gale that night resulted in half the roof being pulled off it's hinges and major felt repairs required on the other half. 

So apart from felt patching, the solution was a couple of bolts on each half of the roof to hold it down.

It's not pretty but it works! Oh, and that's not the shadow of a giraff, it's my hand...

Now complete and fully functional it's looking pretty good! The bodach reckons I need to paint it pink, but I think that would just look wrong...

Deiseil! :)