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05-09-2008, 02:24 PM
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Wonderful pictures Alex!
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05-09-2008, 02:35 PM
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Nice one, Alex!
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05-09-2008, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by cessna152towser   
It would take a lot of work to make this habitable again. | Yes it would. Basically what you have there is stone walls and a foundation. I assume there's no plumbing and no electricity. You'd have to dig a well and install solar and wind electrical power. You'd have to clear the houses, tear down the roof and existing beams and put in new. You have to plaster the inside walls, install custom windows since the window openings are surely anything but square.... and so on.
It sounds like an absolutely wonderful Spring-through-Summer project, and when you're done....oh, my. OH, my.
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05-09-2008, 04:33 PM
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There's no road out there. You'd have to truck all the materials out along the old railway berm. The Berm probably only gets about 100 yards away from the cottage itself, so that means hand-hauling all the materials from where the truck will drop them, to the cottage. In other words, it'd be a load-lot of hard labour. When you're done you'd have a cottage with very small rooms, probably a mile or more from any road. You'd likely have to walk in from the road to access the house.
It sounds absolutely wonderful, to me. I just happen to be on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
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05-10-2008, 07:42 AM
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Very nice Alex, wonderful photos.
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05-10-2008, 08:04 AM
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Thanks so much for sharing the pictures. The beauty of Scotland is beyond compare.
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05-11-2008, 12:44 AM
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Great set of picture's Alex--It was nice to see you in Hawick.
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05-11-2008, 10:09 AM
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Nice photos !
Thank You for sharing.
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05-13-2008, 06:24 AM
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Alex, as always, thanks for your pictures!
I don't always post to say thanks, but please understand that I for one, really enjoy the ability to see far away places just by clicking a few keys.
Here's wishing many, many more days of your trips!
Last edited by James MacMillan; 05-13-2008 at 03:23 PM.
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05-13-2008, 12:56 PM
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I can't get this cottage out of my head. I think I'm going daft.
I, too always enjoy your photo essays. Please don't be shy about posting more of them.
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