26th August 2025
My last trip to John the wood’s barn for a while.
He helped me load the beech worktop into the back of the truck, then I did a bit of cleaning up.
Later his local pastor turned up with one of his sons to get some lumber for a project, I helped load that into their vehicle.
The next project I will be working on will be some lounge furniture, I’m still in the process of finalising the design, but maybe in a month I will go down again, if he remembers who I am of course.
Before I left he showed me another store of timber that he had upstairs, wow! I thought the basement was impressive, but this was another level. He had timbers from Asia and many rare species from the USA.
He still keeps going, his kiln is going continuously, he has logs in his yard that he hasn’t milled yet, he is obsessed with timber.
He excitedly told me about a thirty foot walnut tree that is coming his way, his eyes were wide open as he described it.
As I left he gave me a number of pieces of scrap, which I had asked for, some cherry, walnut and beech, he is such a good man, I can’t wait to go back again.
We finally finished the commission job of stripping and refinishing of the bed frame, mirror and dresser, that was hard, but now it’s done.
Another Lifetime to go 