Cumbria - The English Lake District

 A very unusual use of cut stone for a wall end - but it seems to work - for the moment!.










Most walls have 90 degree corners.  This one is pretty unique as the angle is extremely sharp.

Bee House - Bee Holes, Beeboles

Directly uphill from Bank House Farm in Glaisdale are these curious looking 'holes' in a drystone wall.

Set in the boundary wall between field and moor these face the south east so are exposed to the morning sun and sheltered from the prevailing winds.  These are built as shelters for straw bee skeps, an early beehive, in which swarms of bees build their nests and of course produce honey.  These ones have recently been restored in 2013.

There may be others but I'm not aware of any others in drystone walls.  There are however some others built from mortared stone.  These include one at Dale Head in Westerdale near a public bridleway (NZ678045) and also six holes next to a farm house on Cropton Lane above Wrelton.

Fylingthorpe - Sunnyside Farm

This wall had collapsed for unknown reasons.  It was on a public footpath and access to the farm as well.  

23 hours later and I had it done.  As per usual several extra bags of fill were needed, which, luckily the owner had put by.  I never did discover why it had all collapsed and fallen into the road side. The foundations were absolutely level. The original builders (The Barry family) had also built the small outhouse you can just see on the right.  The back of the structure was obviously designed to be bonded into the wall as it had projecting stones into the wall.

Dog Headstones

I don't really do this.  But her beloved dog had died and I'd already done one for her other dog.

The dog was a rather pampered  Pekinese  - my lettering isn't brilliant but the owner didn't want something resembling a human headstone.  She thought this reflected PoPPY's personality.

CIRCULAR WALL

Built locally.  A circular wall, simply to house the waste bins.

Garden Furniture

A quick trip to get a decent slab of stone and some reclaimed limestone building stone.  A couple of dry attempts to see how best to assemble the garden table and then assemble it using weak mortar.  Quite nice for those summer days and evenings.

Bayness Farm Wall

The wall before I got started:-

And a couple of days later.