WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)
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In a rush to get a new roof for our clay oven at the ranch before the rains take over.
Started carrying in palm tree trunks. Copernicia alba is the species we use and we’ll get lifespan of about 15 years.
Then we split them longitudinally in halves. Two surgically precise ax men are needed here.
Palm trunks are used for some of the roof structure also. It doesn’t last beyond six years in the ground so we use other wood for the pillars.
The split trunks are hollowed out and work as a long upside-down tile.
Don Jose, 70 years old is in charge of the proceedings.
This is what it looks like when all the palm work is finished.
To finish it off we need to lay clay tiles on top. I’ll send a pic when we get there.
Sorry for the last two flipped pics. Don’t know why it happened and don’t know how to fix it.
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Great post @motojobobo
Wished I could see this in person!
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This is was I was doing for the past 17 days. The Saturday after Thanksgiving we flew to Paris. Went to Montmarte and bought a painting by the below artist. Also saw 2 US artists painting Paris street scenes which is something I would like to do.
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Place Vendome
Rue de Rivoli 
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Interesting McDonalds
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Then left Paris on the day of the strike, on an uncancelled Eurostar. Went to a friends 60th birthday party and met some nice new friends.
Then on Monday 9 December, we spent a great day in Gosport, not an oxymoron, Spent the afternoon / evening drinking lots of wine with the Padmores, then @Giles made a great Chicken with sundried tomatoes dinner. All in all a great day.
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I thought this was going to be my ride around London, I was wrong.
Then flew home yesterday -
You got something better, I hope?
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Happy to hear you found it interesting @neph93 and @Aetas .
Next year we may tackle a bigger challenge as we attempt a shed for the farm machinery using as much local resources (palms) as possible. That’ll be a 20 by 25 meter structure approximately, with a 4 to 5 meter height.
So you’ll have an opportunity then @Aetas !
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Great post @ROman - thanks for sharing
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Collected Barbie who was stranded at the Post Office ! ???
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Yes SWR to Portsmouth Harbour.
Well, that's certainly more spacious, and it's got free WiFi…
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Finally sewed my IH Army patch onto my Tripper. Only took me 4 years?
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We’ve wrapped up our oven-roofing project by laying 50-year old repurposed tiles on the hollowed palm trunks. The tiles have a mortar bed made of mud, cow dung and straw; all three materials abundant at the ranch!
You can see the mortar, yellowish, at the bottom end of each tile in the following pic.
Inside view…
…now, everyone is saying we need to build a new oven to match the roof...
