Tighnabruaich

I reflected on some of Para Handy's words while I did this small repair in Tighnabruaich. He has it that the mudges are that bad there that they will bite their way through corrugated iron roofs to get at you. They appeared in such numbers that the swarms changed the colour of my clothes. You can't keep them out so I hoped for rain to drive them away but for once, just when needed, none came.

Dunbartonshire

We turned a big hole made by a fallen tree into a gateway in this nineteenth century garden wall using stone that came out and new lime mortar.

Gartocharn, Dunbartonshire

Garden retaining wall inspired by the Cornish hedge. It is built in drystone with planting windows on both sides and a trough along the top, July 2011.

Westerdale, North Yorkshire

Repairs and rebuilds in Westerdale, March 2012

Balloch, Dunbartonshire

Storm damage repairs in Dunbartonshire, February 2012

Kilmun, Argyll

Wall repaired in Kilmun in February 2012