Hadrian's Dry Stone Walls Facebook Group

Hello!

We now have a Hadrian's Dry Stone Walls Facebook Group which you can find by clicking on the link below:

Hadrian's Dry Stone Walls Facebook Group

Come and meet us and like minded folk at this group! There is lots of information here about our courses, past and future; photo's and video's of our walling and social exploits and lots more!

Why don't you contribute to the Group with your walling or other stories and photo's??!

See you there!!

Happy New Year! And the new year brings snow!

A happy new year to one and all!

Well the new year has started all white! We've had snow since before Christmas and it's still snowing now. I took these photo's in Nabs Wood this morning of the walls our dry stone walling courses have built over the past couple of years.

This is where the dickheads ripped out the plaques from the walls dislodging the copestones. But never mind, I have the plaques and I'll put them back into the walls once the snows have gone.

I couldn't resist taking a photo of my dry stone bridge looking very picturesque in the snow! The bridge spans the storm ditch at the bottom of my garden, just off the Trans Pennine Trail. The stream flowing under it is frozen which is the first time I've known it to do this!






We now have a group on facebook called (yes you guessed it!) Hadrian's Dry Stone Walls where there's a lot more information. It's URL is http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=312635345321

Merry Christmas!

May I wish you all a merry Christmas and all the best for 2010.

This festive (?!) photo of myself and Jayne was taken after we'd finished a repair to a wall today in Southowram near Halifax.

Our logo uncovered! Hadrian in the flesh!

I've been asked soooooooooooooooo many times about my logo for Hadrian's Dry Stone Walls. No it's not Sid James from "Carry on Walling"

The truth is that the influence for our name of Hadrian's Dry Stone Walls came from my wife Susan, and our logo from the beautiful bust which my mate Pete had made and painted. I like influence and I like busts so it was a done deal!!

So here we are isn't this figurine fantastic?!! It's now in our possession and I can only say a HUGE thank you to Pete Watson for this work of art which will always be revered a treasured possession.

A Hadrian's Dry Stone Wall at the Pure Records Recording Studio - recording label for Kate Rusby

This is phase I of a multi phase project to build, repair and replace the dry stone walls around the beautifully located recording studios of Pure Records. While I was walling it was easy to be inspired listening to the lovely music of Kate Rusby and Damien O'Kane being made the studio above my head! The soundtrack is by Kate Rusby and is one of my favourites and never ceases to bring a tear to my eye as she sings it so beautifully. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Teaching Dry Stone Walling to the Pennine Camphill Community

I was aked to run a course for the young people with special needs at the Pennine Camphill Community in Wakefield (where I keep my bees!). I did this in July and the video below is the result.............

A dry stone walling challenge!

This was to be a great project which took some time to think about!



Nick and Tracey wanted to bring a certain character to their garden and they were pretty sure that dry stone walling could help them acheive the ambience they desired. Have a look at the video below and see what you think!