Today we have our first woman on site, making oak pegs for the roof trusses for the threshing barn.She starts with blocks of oak, cuts them with a froe into squared sticks, then sitting astride her shaving horse uses her draw knife to round them into the finished article.
After a day off yesterday because of the torrential rain (the river burst its banks at the edge of the farm), the place is now buzzing with activity; I think half the builders in Devon are on site.
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The usual expression "I like seeing men at work" !! What a lovely job working with wood - must be so satisfying.
no she doesn't, she waits untill you're not looking then buggers off to B&Q.
Get much more of this rain and you will have your carpenters and joiners building an ark....
A square peg in a round hole?
Fabulous pic and description.
Lindsay - she seemed happy enough!
Arthur - you cynic! I saw it with my own eyes, it wasn't some tabloid story.
M'ear - I've put in a request.
Paula - ho ho ho
Welshcakes - a little bit of learning is always good - I had never heard of a froe before.
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