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Went down to Leitrim with Aine and John (brother) today. We had some craic! We seem to get very giddy when we're together – must bring us back to our childhood or something. So, having stopped off at the local Centra to purchase supplies, we headed to the cottage to do some serious work.
John is a big lad – over 6 ft anyway and he plays a lot of sport so pretty strong. Aine's no weakling hereself either. – she used to put on the concrete mixes for Joe! Between the pair of them they pack a punch. Combine that with 2 lump hammers and you've some serious heavyweights! My main objective was to get more of the concrete off the walls to allow the walls to start drying out. I've mentioned previously that the far gable wall isn't the most solid. When John started hammering I was sure the whole thing was going to fall down. Aine got bored with the gentle approach and decided to just go hell for leather with the lump hammer – to be fair she was getting results – but I was worried of the full impact that John might have with the same technique!
As is usual when I go to the cottage, I seem to spend more time getting organised than actually getting anything done. Only a few hours had passed and it was time to wrap up. In a few hours though we had removed a considerable amount of concrete from the outside front wall and most of it from the inside. Before we left we needed to protect the outside wall . This involved some serious planning and some less serious execution – the end result was a mish mish of galvanised sheeting, planks of wood, nails and plastic sheeting. Have you ever tried to hammer masonry nails into concrete? Its quite funny! In the end, we ended up with what looked like a Ghetto in Co. Leitirm – God only knows what the neighbours are thinking!
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