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The Fool on the Hill

by Simon Brooke in Auchencairn, Friday, 18 February, 2011

I've sold my house and am buying, in effect, a field. This is foolish. So this essay introduces a series of other essays which I'll post from time to time as the project develops, using as title my new persona: The Fool on the Hill. [read more]

The turning of the year -- Monday, 5 March, 2012
The darkest hour, it's said, is before the dawn. Just as I ran completely out of money, my luck turned. Here's what happened.
The Winter Palace in Winter -- Saturday, 3 March, 2012
It's a long time - four and a half months - since I last blogged about this house. Then, it was three walls of raw straw bales covered with the skeleton of a roof covered by tarpaulins. Now, I'm sitting in my bed in my upstairs bedroom, leaning back against the panelled wall.
Biting the Apple? -- Friday, 30 December, 2011
It seems bizarre to be contemplating buying an iMac and then stripping MacOS off it, but that is exactly what I'm considering!
Build Day Two -- Tuesday, 11 October, 2011
On the morning after Build Day, I was deflated and anxious. The building needed to be completed, and I couldn't do that on my own. But then, something wonderful happened...
Build Day -- Sunday, 9 October, 2011
How the Winter Palace was built.
The best laid plans o meece an men gang aft agley -- Thursday, 25 August, 2011
The consequences of carelessness
Building the bothy: plan -- Thursday, 11 August, 2011
Provided it doesn't rain, I'm planning to build the Winter Palace on 17th September
A farm plan for the West Croft -- Wednesday, 10 August, 2011
Now I have a croft I've got to think seriously about how I'm going to manage it in the long term; this essay sets out my thoughts.

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