Splitting Logs in the Woodshed
It looks as though we are going to have to put a new roof on the log store at our peak district cottages. I had wondered, for a while, why some of the logs were getting wet. I had assumed that it was rain driving in between the sides and the top of the roof (there is a 6″ gap in places). I found out yesterday, when I was fetching the logs for the house. I have never been in the log shed when it was raining (you don’t fetch logs in the rain if you can help it), so I have never noticed how much water comes in. When I started to fill the wheelbarrow I kept getting drips down my neck. I looked up and I noticed holes all over the back of the shed. Although the front three sheets of corrugated roofing look almost new the last set of sheeting looks as old as the site itself and are rusted to bits. I am surprised there is any roof there at all. I tried to make a temporary fix to some of the holes with ‘plumbers mate’ but that didn’t seem to work, so ended up using spare lengths of 4″ Guttering under each of the leaks to try and drain the water away from the logs. Not a very satisfactory solution but I didn’t fancy getting on the roof with all the snow on it. Another job for Spring – whenever that might be.
We moved to the Peak District in 2003. We now run eight Peak District Cottages just outside Bakewell overlooking Lathkill Dale. The self catering cottages are converted from the original farm buildings and are formed into a courtyard.
