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Nick Weston was selected as the resident survival expert for Shipwrecked 2008, based in the Cook Islands. He is a professionally trained chef, grows his own vegetables and often visits the country to source some wild food. Nick fills his blog, Hunter-Gathering: wild & fresh food with his passion for all things food related.

Treehouse Diaries #6: Finished platform & something to lean on

Nick completes his massive jigsaw / Photo by Nick Weston

Nick completes his massive jigsaw / Photo by Nick Weston

Every hour or so when I’m cursing a drill bit flying into my finger or knocking the funny bone in the elbow so hard that the entire forearm goes numb, I do give myself a reality check: what else would I rather be doing? London seems a million miles away.

This is just a very quick update to show you how far things have come along this week. I have had the pleasure of doing a giant jigsaw puzzle: the joy of recycling wood began to wear thin midweek and I contemplated visiting the local timber merchants for fresh 8’x4’ sheets of ply. At a cost of £20 per sheet, I realised the wood I had cost little more than a bit of extra work.

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