Injuries and the pain of working
I’ve not posted one of my rambling collection of thoughts for a while…so… Despite doing a physical job, lugging rocks about the place, hitting rocks with... Read More
Social Media and the efforts to self-promote
For those of you who know me, I’ve used this web site as my primary source of work since I took up dry stone walling... Read More
Unseasonal
Back in October and November the tabloid newspapers were been all doom and gloom about how this winter was going to be the worst on... Read More
The winter break
In the old B.S. days (before self-employment), the Christmas and New Year break used to be something to look forward to. Two weeks paid leave... Read More
Who do you work for?
I work in quite a solitary profession; I usually work alone with just the stone at hand; my hammer and chisels; the finished article in... Read More
Before, during and after
I usually take lots of pictures when I am working to record how the job is progressing. Usually I just post them to my Stone... Read More
Weather to work or weather not to work
The people of Great Britain are renowned for their love of talking about the weather. Its almost a national pastime! Well, for me as a... Read More
So what can you build with dry stone?
For those in the know, dry stone is an amazing building material. Using nothing to bind it, bar the way the stones are placed together by... Read More
How not to build a dry stone wall
Building dry stone walls is dead easy. You basically place one stone on top of another, or as our American cousins like to say, you... Read More