I feel like fencing

I feel like fencing

My day job is running a fencing business, fencing a range of different property – farmland, forest land, equestrian areas, gardens…you name it I fence it. Fencing is what I do (I also do some other stuff, but I want to talk about fencing). Part of the planning, we had...

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Staple Hill walk

Staple Hill walk

We are having such an amazing spring and early summer – it is just stunning. The dry weather it really a blessing as we build the cabins. But we also need to take a few moments just to soak this sun in, and no better way than to go for a walk on Staple Hill. Staple...

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Cabins 3 and 4 arrive!

Cabins 3 and 4 arrive!

The last few weeks have been such a rush of activity. The foundations went in, cabins 1 and 2 arrived, cabin 1 is gradually rising from the ground, we have our logo and now cabins 3 & 4 have been delivered. After weeks and months, it suddenly feels it is all...

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Cabin number 1 is ready for the roof

Cabin number 1 is ready for the roof

Ten days after the first few timbers were laid, we are now at roof level. We’ve chosen a metal roof that is ingeniously moulded to look like tiles. Unfortunately, some essential roof items have not yet arrived, so work on cabin number 2 will now start while cabin one...

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Logo-a-go-go

Building Buckland Farm Log Cabins isn’t all about the construction, it is also about the marketing, the brand – our look and feel. We’ve been working with a fab creative agency, Teapot Creative, to get our brand and website created. And it is harder than you think. I...

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Cabin number 1 is taking shape

Cabin number 1 is taking shape

Hi, just a quick post to share this image – it is the beginning of cabin number one taking shape. We are excited to share this, as it finally feels all more real. Can you imagine yourself staying in this cabin? Okay, that may be hard when it is only a frame…but I can,...

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We have a delivery and its twins!

We have a delivery and its twins!

No, we haven’t gone mad and decided to add twins to the chaos of three kids, three dogs and the build of four log cabins. No – we can only take so much. Our exciting delivery is of the first two log cabins! It is certainly the biggest delivery I’ve ever had. Two huge...

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Building a strong and stable future…

Building a strong and stable future…

Strong and stable…hmmm sounds familiar, but this is nothing to do with political elections or Brexit…it is about building our foundations for the first two log cabins. The incline of the field makes for interesting foundations. I’ve had to dig 24 holes a minimum of 1m...

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Tools down, toboggan out

Tools down, toboggan out

So, it snowed, and snowed and snowed…the groundworks have literary frozen to a halt – March has not been a productive as we first hoped. Kids’ schools are closed so what can we do? Of course, we make the most of the Blackdown Hills and go sledging. The kids on their...

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