by spearos » 04 Mar 2017, 11:39
Hello everyone!
My name is Mark, I'm 35 and from Didcot in Oxfordshire, fairly recently in the news due to part of the decommissioned power station collapsing.
Ever since I started messing around with off road bikes as a teenager I've wanted a workshop, my workshop, my den. I've taken over my parent's garage. I've filled a summerhouse in rented accommodation. I've struggled in a small single garage in my first home. Now though, I own a house with a garden big enough to have something more to suit my needs.
I like to tinker! I like to fix things, improve things, I like the satisfaction of doing things myself, and doing them properly and learning along the way. I am a keen DIYer, I am hands on with most projects around the house and garden. However I have to admit my woodworking experience/skills leave a lot to be desired!
My two main passions are cars and fishing. For the past nine years I've been playing with Land Rovers, something that try as I might I cannot give up on! I fish the mighty river Thames for specimens - Chub, Pike, Perch, and Barbel. What I call proper fishing - fishing for genuinely wild fish and appreciating the beautiful habitat they dwell in.
Both these hobbies require lots of kit, and that kit needs to live somewhere...
I discovered this site after finding 'building a shed Mike's way' on another site. I read Mike's build for his workshop on here and I was hooked. I wanted a timber workshop and I wanted to build it myself. 2017 is the year I hope to make that dream a reality.
I've spent many, many hours loitering as a guest on TheWoodHaven2. Forums are a wonderful platform for sharing ideas and knowledge, and TheWoodHaven2 is a true gem! I'm blown away by not just the knowledge, but the willingness to share and to help one another.
I hope to do a build thread of sorts, something that not only will help me, develop me and drive me on, but something that will also add to the already vast information about building a 'proper shed' held on this website.
Ok, I've rambled on long enough!..
Best regards,
Mark
"the true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination"