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Stu wrote:Bird watcher, Drew.
Cheers Stu :D
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I have had "International Tourists" walk around the back of house into my garden and start taking photos as if the place was open to the general public....

.........just be cause the house is old people think they can treat it as a public museum............
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Stu wrote:Bird watcher, Drew.
Not a bird watcher per say, but we have a large bird sanctuary a mile from our house and we see alot of birds, had some house finches ,but we built a garage and they have not come back and this time of year they are up at 4 am.

Dam glad we don't have thatched roofs
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You are welcome to come and see / Stay at the house, Drew - I will warn the locals first as it is a Local village for local people and they don't like interlopers.............. ;)
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Pete wrote:You are welcome to come and see / Stay at the house, Drew - I will warn the locals first as it is a Local village for local people and they don't like interlopers.............. ;)
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Damn. Didn't get the pic when I viewed ..! :lol:
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Drew's never going to have seen that in a million years. :D
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Pete wrote:You are welcome to come and see / Stay at the house, Drew - I will warn the locals first as it is a Local village for local people and they don't like interlopers.............. ;)
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You have probably been told before, Drew; but you have a cracking pair of legs and the stars and bars set them off nicely.......... ;)
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Pete wrote:You have probably been told before, Drew; but you have a cracking pair of legs and the stars and bars set them off nicely.......... ;)
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Well, a bit of progress, and I think I have spent more time working on the Thatcher's TATA pickup than he has on thatching (sort of......).

Seriously, there has been progress made.

I am now more qualified and I have finally advanced from straight sticks to bent sticks.....
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..And general progress on the back of the cottage...
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Wow a ton of work ,good thing for the handy chicken wire ;)
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That wire is coming off, Drew.

The Thatcher thinks that we will end up using 6 tons of straw....and then shed loads of Chicken Wire going back on to keep the birds off!!!!
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