The wooden building - a double carport just under six metres by six metres adjoining a shed of two metres by six metres - arrived as a flatpack in mid March and was erected in the first week of April.

It was left to us to finish the build and to customise it according to our requirements.

Customising involved weatherproofing the shelter with an undercoat of preservative and several top coats of grey paint, fitting windboards at both ends, installing the guttering, erecting two extra posts and infilling between the posts with removeable wooden panels resting on concrete beams, and making a wooden gate. We also cut a level, two-metre wide path around the shelter and gradually made a 'beaten earth' floor which involved sieving the soil and creating a flat, level surface. This work took us about three months.

Work remaining is to bring electricity and water into the building, install a kitchen area inside the shed, and to build a small lean-to to store enough wood for a week-long firing.