Doing some firewood processing this week, I’ve spotted that one of my home-made wood stores has got a bit of a lean on it. I think it has had too much weight on the roof and too much leaning on one end. The trouble is that it isn’t just as simple as banging a few more nails in.

After my work this morning, I’ve managed to empty it of all the wood it was carrying and to saw up the large logs and branches that were leaning on it. I should now be about ready to extricate it and make an assessment of just how much repair it needs. In particular, I’m interested to identify the points of failure and whether it looks like additional bracing would help it hold up better in future. It will certainly be a learning opportunity and, fortunately, before it reached the point of collapsing!