Day 43: Dave doesn’t do knitting!

by | Jun 27, 2013 | Articles

I got it wrong.  Dave does needlepoint, not knitting.   So I shall go back through the old posts and change the terminology before submitting the record of our building to the Bodleian library.  I also got the size of the pipes wrong – because who needs a...

Day 42: Multi-tasking is (only some of) Us!

by | Jun 26, 2013 | Articles

Despite the popular idea that all women are good at it, I can’t do multi-tasking, and am full of admiration for those who can.  Foremen have to do it.  Although, as Graham points out, working foremen, like himself and Gordon, often don’t get the chance to...

Day 41: Graham is a different kind of Foreman

by | Jun 25, 2013 | Articles

It is interesting to have two foremen on site.  Their methods are very different.  Whereas, in the absence of the scaffolders who were supposedly to be there first thing this morning, I suspect that Gordon might have been shouting down the phone, Graham gets to his...

Day 40: Come back Gordon!

by | Jun 24, 2013 | Articles

You’re a great general.  And I’ll never call you grumpy again! I don’t mean to say that the team can’t work without him.  It’s just that without him doing his Rommel thing, the site looks . . . well,  more like a building site.  And if...

Day 39: No Pimms this Friday!

by | Jun 21, 2013 | Articles

Alas, it’s raining and not really the sort of day one lounges about on a wheelbarrow with a glass of Pimms.  But our fantastic team soldiers on.  The interior spaces continue to be defined, like the bulk storage room (you can never have too much storage space)...