The Final Straw… 🐪🌾
For this post, I feel like the pictures will do the most of the talking. Suffice to say that we love, love, love living in the straw bale house, affectionately known as ‘Little Strawbs’
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Cycle-Touring In Portugal
Now that a couple of months have elapsed, I wanted to share some of the stories and learnings from a month solo-cycling along the west coast of Portugal.
Home Sweet Home
Progress on the house was somewhat slowed over the summer by the heat of the day, which lasted literally the entire day, from 11am-8pm throughout July and August. However, steady progress was made on the interior of the straw bale house.
Packing My Bags For The Misty Mountains
Delving into the true essence of the people who are born, live and work in the mountains.
A Sealed Super Structure
With winter well and truly behind us, I find that now is the time to reflect upon some of the successes, failures and surprises which the winter and spring had in store for us and our straw bale house.
The Splendour Of Render
An account of the ups and downs, ins and outs of using lime render on our straw bale house.
WWOOF WWOOF
WWOOFing in Japan was one of the best things I have ever had the pleasure to encounter.
You Put The Lime In The Coconut…
For the past month or so our lives have been consumed with making lime putty. Processing quicklime and turning it into lime putty, ready to be mixed with sand just before it goes onto the walls of our straw bale house as render/plaster.
No Dig Gardening: Veggie Raised Beds – Year One
It was spring 2016, and into the vast world of growing veggies we plunged….
Dechen Chöling – Yoga & Writing
When an experience is so fundamental it is difficult to express the process, let alone the feelings in words. But that’s what I’m going to try and do. Rare time focused on cultivating consciousness, mindfulness, awareness; call it what you will, it was very precious.
Snowy Scenes And Perfect Peñas In The Pyrenees
“Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” – Anatoli Boukreev A week or so after the training was completed in the Picos De Europa, the… Read More
Pristine Peaks in the Picos De Europa
Last month’s unexpected and awesome jaunt in the Dolomites has been closely followed by the training of the new Collett‘s staff in their two Spanish resorts; the Picos De Europa and the Pyrenees. First up was the Picos…. Read More
Les Vignes Basses 