What a year it has been!!!

[Stigian 1,234]

Howdo Guy's, hope your all keeping well out there in WH land

Well, what a year it has been with plenty of up's and down's to keep us happy/sad/very angry/pulling hair out/etc... But there has been a few good times.. lol.

To try and make some sort of sense out of this I'd better start at the beginning of the year.

For those that can remember me (Sorry it has been a while) cast your minds back to the beginning of the year when Stig's Shack looked like this and life was all happy..

Then life started to get interesting as we had decided to move house to another rented place..

So the reasonably new extension to the Shack...

Came down for moving..

Moving day came and went and was uneventful apart from extreme tiredness, having someone crash into the back of our, and us buying a sofa and armchairs off ebay that we found were too big to get through any of the doors in the new house!!

But "What about a new place to store and work on WH's"? I hear you ask..

HHmm..

The new Workshack looked something like this...

But through a lot of hard work (A VERY BIG THANK YOU to Garry, Pete and Rob), the new Workshack started to take shape.

With the new Workshack water tight, the time had come to hire a truck and collect everything left at the old place.

Not too much to move

Moving out..

And moving in to the New Shack..

The next day, this horror story awaited me

[kpthorsefan 34]

Hi, Good to have you back, I hope all goes well for you . all the best kevin..

[Stigian 1,234]

Gradually over the next couple of months space started to appear.

Benches started to go up..

And the Shack even got a couple of coats of brown stuff.

With lots of small jobs left to do in the Shack, some time was found to have a bit of fun.

Even though the new place was very nice.. Here it is..

It did have a few problems.. One of those being a shared garden.. which meant no Wh grass cutting for me

But after a chat with the local farmer (Thanks Mr B ) we had his permission to drive around his fields when ever we wanted

It had been a while since Pete last hugged a tree!!

Heading back to the Shack.

Flying the Flag.

This was Rob's first trip out on the Wh's after his quadruple heart bypass op.

Your be please to know all went well and Rob is fitter than ever..

And then just as life was settling down and the Shack was only a couple of weeks away from being finished and fully operational.....

My Wife and I were hit with a bombshell!!!!

[Stigian 1,234]

Hi kevin, thanks for that.. It's good to be back..

After four months of a six month (renewable) tenancy, we got told we would have to move out at the end of the six months!!

As you can imagine after just having moved once this was er... not the best of news ever..

So all work on the Shack stopped and the search for a new place to rent started..

There's nothing like moving house to cause stress

To cut a long and very stressful story much shorter, after going after 48 different places and being turned down/out bid a hell of a lot we eventually found a place almost out in the middle in Hawkhurst, kent...

This move hasn't been an easy one with quite a battle happening to get the Landlord to say yes to me building a Workshack...

Speaking of Workshack's, having just sunk over

[wallfish 18,054]

Glad to have you back Ian, it's been a while.

I've always enjoyed reading your posts.

[Coadster32 793]

Nice to hear from you again. Sorry about those shed rebuilds, that does really stink!

Looks like you have got some really good freinds there. Count those blessings on the good side for you.

[Docwheelhorse 2,740]

Glad to have you back Ian!!! I'll go out on a limb and say your the most interesting/entertaining guy on the forum and I'd like to meet you someday.

Tony :)

[Stigian 1,234]

That's better some shepherds pie toasted sandwiches fill thee hole very nicely

Back to the plot.... What there is of one

We now have a bit of a smaller garden than what we have been used to, but more than enough space to build the shack..

The chosen spot...

The "usual suspects" of course have been involved building the worlds biggest 3D jigsaw puzzle, once again a Big Thank you to Pete, Rob.

And Garry

For all your help, I couldn't of done it without you

The inside is getting sorted slowly with lots of repainting going on.

I will take some more photo's once the inside is a bit tidier as it looks like a bomb site at the mo.. But it is getting sorted...

The main job left to do is get the electrics wired up.. That's the easy bit..

The hard part is actually getting power out to the shack.. For some reason our landlord won't let my Shack be wired into the house or small shed (already in the garden) which has had power ran from the house!!!

At the moment I'm running an extension lead from the shed to the Shack, which is good enough to run most things, but not up to the job of running my big compressor, arc welder or plasma cutter!!

This is a bit of a pain as I tend to use them all a lot...

Sigh!!

It will get sorted :USA:

[bitten 134]

Ian

Good to hear from you, looks as though you have been very busy. With all the practice you and the boys have gotten lately you guys could go into business building work shacks. Cant wait for you to get the shack done so your creative mind can get back to doing the fun stuff as we love to hear about them.

P.J.

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,120]

Ian! Great to hear from you and your "crew". Its been awhile and I was worried you had drifted over to the dark side (John Deere ).

Lookin forward to seeing and hearing about your next WH project.

Mike.......

[fordsonmajortom 1]

Hi Ian, Good to see you have found somewhere to live. I hope its a more permanent move this time. Hawkhurst is a lot nearer to me i go that way quite often. I will give you a ring next time i come your way and get your address.Good Luck.

Michael

[Uncle BO 0]

Glad to see your back LOVE YOUR PROJUCTS :)

[CasualObserver 3,411]

Ian, good to hear from you again (and Garry and Pete and Rob) Sorry to hear of the housing troubles, but I'm sure you're getting it sorted. Looking forward to some more storybook builds when you rig up the light in the shack!

[Suburban 550 28]

Great to see you back, Ian. Glad to see you're all finally settled in your new place. :)

[Duff 206]

Ian's back....and now all is right with the world!

Duff :USA:

[stevasaurus 23,274]

What everyone else said, and I'm glad you and yours are OK. It has been a long time...glad you are back. Great pictures. :)

[Stigian 1,234]

Good morning Guy's from a nice sunny Kent, which makes a change from the days of rain we have been having..

The sun is out, all is right with the world

WoW, so many comments, cheers Guy's..

HHmm.. let's see if I can remember how to use this quote thingy!!

Glad to have you back Ian, it's been a while.

I've always enjoyed reading your posts.

Hi John, it's great to be back.

Yes it's been quite a while, it's been such a mad crazy year that has just kept us so busy!

Tiredness has been a big problem, after two house moves this year I feel like I have aged 15 years... No doubt my Wife says I look it as well

Glad you enjoy my posts.

Nice to hear from you again. Sorry about those shed rebuilds, that does really stink!

Looks like you have got some really good freinds there. Count those blessings on the good side for you.

Lol, yes the shed thing has been a bit of a pain, at least it went back up quite quickly.

All the time spent drawing up plans and labeling bits of wood really paid off.

I can't agree more about Rob, Pete and Garry, they are the best friends anyone could wish to have..

Thanks again chaps for all your help and hard work over the past year..

A shed warming party will be happening as soon as it's tidy and space can be found

Glad to have you back Ian!!! I'll go out on a limb and say your the most interesting/entertaining guy on the forum and I'd like to meet you someday.

Aw Shucks Tony..

It would be great to meet you (and all you other fine chaps) one day..

You never know what the future holds..

Good to hear from you, looks as though you have been very busy. With all the practice you and the boys have gotten lately you guys could go into business building work shacks. Cant wait for you to get the shack done so your creative mind can get back to doing the fun stuff as we love to hear about them.

Hi PJ... Busy... Oh yes..lol

No more building Workshacks... Please!!!

The trouble is I don't actually like doing wood work of and shape or form..

I'm more of a metal kinda Guy

The Workshack isn't that far off being done, then I've got a log store to build..

But after that the creative minds will be back to building big beasts on the bench

Ian! Great to hear from you and your "crew". Its been awhile and I was worried you had drifted over to the dark side (John Deere biggrin.gif ).

Lookin forward to seeing and hearing about your next WH project.

Howdo Mike, How's tricks?

So you thought we might of drifted off to "The green Side" eh..

Not quite.. More like "drifting in between"

Hi Ian, Good to see you have found somewhere to live. I hope its a more permanent move this time. Hawkhurst is a lot nearer to me i go that way quite often. I will give you a ring next time i come your way and get your address.Good Luck.

Michael

Hi Michael, yes were quite happy to of found somewhere to live as well.. lol

The contract here is is for a year (renewable) but I don't think the new landlords will be in any hurry to "move us on", as our rent helps to pay for their "retired, always on the yacht" life style!!

Your always welcome to drop in any time you are this way.

I will PM you this evening with our new address.

More to come, I need a smoke.

[Stigian 1,234]

Glad to see your back LOVE YOUR PROJUCTS

Ta-Muchly

Ian, good to hear from you again (and Garry and Pete and Rob) wink.gif Sorry to hear of the housing troubles, but I'm sure you're getting it sorted. Looking forward to some more storybook builds when you rig up the light in the shack!

Hiya Jason, the housing troubles were kinda "self inflicted".. Or we never should of moved in the first place!!! Sigh!!

What is it they say about hindsight? lol.

The lights in the Shack are rigged up, still a bit more on the electrics side of things to get done..

As Garry would say......... "Not long Now"

Great to see you back, Ian. whtractor/thumbsup.gif Glad to see you're all finally settled in your new place.

Hey Ray, it's good to be back

We are quite settled in now thank you, though still a few boxes in the house to unpack.. but what's the rush

Ian's back....and now all is right with the whtractor/whlogo.gif world!

Stop it Duff, your make me blush. Lol.

What everyone else said, and I'm glad you and yours are OK. It has been a long time...glad you are back. Great pictures.

Thank you Steve

More picture to come later, I need to be out doing things in this beautiful sun.

[VinsRJ 723]

Talk about having a cloud over your head, I'm glad to hear the sun is back out! You've done a lot of work this year, hope you can rest a little!

Glad to see you back!

[Stigian 1,234]

Good morning Chap's, sorry I'm back a bit "later than advertised", so tired last night I was almost falling asleep eating my dinner!!

A busy day was had yesterday tidying and moving things about in the shed (not the Shack), so I could at long last get everything under cover that should be..

So now my home made harrow , car ramps, and lot's of metal are now nice and dry in the shed..

HHmm.. Almost dry.. I noticed yesterday that the shed roof had been leaking!!

Another job to go on the list

Anyone care for a few more photo's?

Thought not

Stepping back in time slightly here is Garry having a relaxing moment after winning the "Who can roll the parcel tape across the floor in the most artistic manner and be pleasing to the eye" championships!!

The contest may well of been the result of drinking too many "awakening" shots

Stepping back even further in time back to the old place, this old Ferguson tractor was being used to load round bales onto a trailer.

I remember them being "new" when I was a kid... Looks like were both not aging well

Were heading the right way in the space time continuum now..

My first bit of Wh grass cutting in almost a year!!

It felt sooo good

Back to present day now.. Well almost.. A couple of days away is close enough to present time for me : )

A "moody" shot of the 312-8 looking out the doors..

The 312-8 looking out the door in new fangled colour..

Stepping inside the Raider 10 looks quite snug and cosy tucked away at the back under the wheel rack..

What will be the main work bench and parts storage.

The new home for my old faithful and quite friendly Southbend Lathe.

Tools... Boxes.... But most importantly... The kettle

And finally the not lost or forgotten Project 6X6 aka The Stig Special..

One day this six wheeled beast will roll under it's own power... Rampage through Kent closely followed by the whole of the UK..... Take over the world.... Rule the whole of the known (and unknown) universe......

Well, at the very least trundle around the fields

Roll on the time when I can lay the wood saw to rest for good, pick up the grinder, start looking for the hack saw, and get on with building this project :wh:

[wheel horse 1045 2]

glad your back and have missed your posts,and glad you got the move done

[JimD 3,347]

As always Ian, a pleasure reading your thread. Welcome back. :)

[meadowfield 2,733]

And finally the not lost or forgotten Project 6X6 aka The Stig Special..

One day this six wheeled beast will roll under it's own power... Rampage through Kent closely followed by the whole of the UK..... Take over the world.... Rule the whole of the known (and unknown) universe......

Well, at the very least trundle around the fields

Roll on the time when I can lay the wood saw to rest for good, pick up the grinder, start looking for the hack saw, and get on with building this project

 

 

and roll it did !!!!!  

[wheeledhorseman 579]

,,,,,,,, and won a well deserved first prize !!!! (at Ardingly 2013)

 

[AMC RULES 37,195]

Was there ever any doubt? 

Congrats Ian, well deserved.