Merry Christmas 2020

Posted by MrFogg

Well it has been a strange old year and very quiet, but my how this year has flown. With only one day to go until the fatman arrives, the best thing ever is SNOW. Oh yes it’s snowing and we are happy.

So we wish you all a very Merry Christmas 2020 and a Happy New Year 2021.

The Finishing Touch

Posted by MrFogg

Today Mrs Fogg and I fitted the gym mirror (1.48m x 1.3m weighting 28kg). We built a made to measure frame to support the beastie. A good team effort that finishes the Fogg’s Body Shop off nicely.

At last we finish

Posted by MrsFogg

Ooh today we finished the gym shed. It looks amazing and I’m super proud of Mr Fogg who has toiled for the past fortnight to get all the walls done.

I finished it today by laying the flooring and we manoeuvred all the kit in. Plenty of floor space, dry and insulated, I’m so excited to try it!

Well done Mr Fogg!

And for a tally up we have used;

  • 15sqm of 12mm floor boards
  • 187, 3m spruce tongue and groove cladding
  • 20m of beading
  • 40.5 of 40mm insulation
  • 1.300 4x25mm screws
  • 70 nails
  • 50, 10mm flooring
  • 4 shelves
  • 4 USB Power Outlets
  • 2, 120w heaters
  • 1 ultra bright LED strip light
  • 6ltr of paint
  • 96hrs of blood, sweat and sweating!

Next up, fitting the 28kg 1.82sqm mirror

New Broom Sweeps Clean

Posted by MrFogg

It’s autumn and the leaves are falling, even after we chopped half the trees down. For the last 2 years it’s taken days to rake them all up, so this year I decided to go semi hi tech and buy a lawn sweeper to pull along behind the tractor. Mrs Fogg decided since it’s an attachment for her ride on mower that she would sweep them all up. Yet another toy I don’t get to play with.

Let Cladding Commence

Posted by MrFogg

So Project Gym is well and truly underway now. I’ve finished my latest role and move into a new one in 2 weeks, so that is the challenge timeline to get “Fogg’s BodyShop” ready for its first customer.

Mrs Fogg showed off her DDIY skills (Don’t Do It Yourself), by cutting all the 18 sheets of insulation to size. Next stop 192, 3m tongue and groove cladding boards cut to shape and secured with 2,200 screws

Tattie Bye

Posted by MrFogg

Well the last trek from Glen Nevis over to Balmaha for the final night in Mabel the Moho on the edge of another Loch. And today we dropped Mabel back home before heading onto Sanquhar for a night of luxury before home tomorrow.

All told a wonderful journey around Scotland and now the tally:

  • 919 miles total, £211.52 in diesel
  • 500 miles on the NC500
  • Stopped at 12 campsites
  • 1 lost wheel and axle from the “pooper cassette” in the chemical waste
  • 12kg of calor gas on cooking
  • Most northerly point Duncansby Head
  • 4th, 5th and 6th gear used twice for about a mile
  • Sunshine, once when we picked the camper up and second time when we dropped it off

Well done Mrs Fogg!