by admin_deancourt | Sep 17, 2013 | Articles
It is a truth universally acknowledged (well, acknowledged within DCCA) that a man fortified with chocolate cake is a man ready to sally forth and do battle. So while Paul of Weather Break is pondering the measurements of the high level window spaces . . . . . . and...
by admin_deancourt | Sep 16, 2013 | Articles
When, in the 1880s, my great-grandparents built themselves a house in the wilds of the Northern Wairoa, in a way it was easy. Having served the Crown in the New Zealand Land Wars , my great grandfather and his brother were allocated a plot of land each on which to...
by admin_deancourt | Sep 12, 2013 | Articles
Why don’t things ever go according to plan? “Thrives under pressure” is one phrase that never appeared on my CV because I like things to be done one at a time. But here we are: two posts on one day. At least, though, I can show you two days’...
by admin_deancourt | Sep 10, 2013 | Articles
It took a while to get the concept of unisex loos through the committee stage – we are so used to the sight of long queues for the ladies’ toilets while the men waltz in and out of the gents’ in a totally carefree manner that it was hard to get to...
by admin_deancourt | Sep 9, 2013 | Articles
I have been trying for ages to get a picture of the roof over the western extension, and returning from the OCLT open evening on Friday, my tall friend took this for us: There is a link to OCLT (Oxford Community Land Trust) on the website, and if you’re not sure...
by admin_deancourt | Sep 6, 2013 | Articles
. . . and he says, ominously, that there will be some changes on site from Monday. The two-day course was supposedly a management one, but I was always quietly confident that it was a Charm School thing: walking the length of a room with a pile of books balanced on...
