Builder Arthur Edmunds advised that restoring Heronshaw was uneconomic
Builder Arthur Edmunds advised that restoring Heronshaw was uneconomic

Continuing to raise the shed with Jack on concrete blocks and then to buy more timber from Jewsons with which to build up the sides until off to The Black Horse pub for lunch. Builder Arthur Edmunds came in later but advised that restoring Heronshaw was uneconomic

This was another warm and sunny day, a bit too warm to work really, and Jack came again and we carried on jacking the shed as it went ever higher on concrete blocks; but this time I was very careful to underpin it in a very careful way. At lunchtime, Andrew persuaded me to join him and Jack on a visit to "The Black Horse" and I had lunch there, meeting a few of the local characters. I went to Jewsons again after for some more wood and materials and then fabricated the lower shed sides in the evening which was a steady job with all of the sawing and chiselling involved. Builder, Arthur Edmunds came round with his son and, after sounding encouraging at first, he is now estimating large sums of money for jacking up and renovating Heronshaw and is now trying to persuade me to knock it down and build another which is quite a disappointment.