The barn build started this week. This is something we wish we’d had the time to do earlier in the process of setting up the croft, but at least it’s going up now!
It was chosen for its strength rather than its looks, as you’ll see from the photos here. Now that the panels are going on it looks like a huge sea container.
Perched atop the windiest part of this exposed hillside it needed to be strong enough to withstand our 90 mph gales without flinching. Two years living on the croft has taught us not to underestimate the winter storms when they come, as they do every year.
This barn is industrially rated for high winds and is constructed of insulated steel panels. As soon as the guys started to put it up it became clear that it was a substantial construction, which is a good thing, and exactly as planned, as the winds here would flatten a lesser building in the first storm.
It’ll serve multiple purposes. Part of it will be a workshop for husbands build and carpentry equipment, part storage of croft produce like potatoes and root vegetables, as well as storage of boxes and spare stuff from the house, and part equipment/car cover with a roll top door at one end.
I can’t help feeling that despite its enormous size that we’re going to fill it…
Ravencroft Skye 
Strangely, you may come to think of this building as the most important part of the croft, due to its size and strength to hide all!!! Keep it tidy!!!
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Ha ha! I suspect you’re right ☺️
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What a useful structure! And from experience it matters not a joy how many sheds you have or how big they are you could always do with another one.
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A universal truth 😀
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Wow, that is an amazing building. Even the cross struts will provide support and tension. Wise to prepare for those high winds. We have the same but only 1 over the last few months. January is another matter when the winds howl down the valley. Nothing stays outside and is instead moved to the sheds.
Stay well!
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Thank you. The build was finished today, in the nick of time before the autumn storms..☺️
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Here we call that a shed, known as a place of refuge from storms and raging wives. The state of a man’s shed indicates all sorts of things to a potential mate; his ability to upkeep a property (tools), his ability to organise and keep tidy (ordered or not), his industriousness (projects on the go), whether or not he will be spending quality time with a mate or with his mates (indicated usually by fishing rods on the wall). Any bush woman worth her salt will find a way to inspect a potential husband’s shed before making any big decisions about being seen down at the pub with him.
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I love this! 😂😂😂
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Tongue-in-cheek of course, but not as much as you may think.
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