It was such a simple idea in the beginning. Let's Build a Pool in a Shed in the Garden. See - simple. My office were terribly excited as we waited for planning permission and eventually we had the go-ahead.... Only the first weekend didn't exactly 'go-ahead' as planned, involving a lot of mud, a very bad wall and an Aussie tree surgeon. As the events were unfolding, I knew that I would have to explain the many disasters time and time again to my work colleagues... so I wrote a diary instead, and The Pool Diary was born. It was 18 weeks of diary in all, including a lot of hard graft, a useless builder, lots of cock-ups and even a spell in hospital. Then we got married in a lovely Do-It-Ourselves wedding, so another diary came along... and now we're doing it all again with another shed. Or maybe not, as you will see....
We thought of many titles for this website - Two Sheds And A Wedding, Blood Shed & Tears, A Tale of Two Sheds but decided on Brideshed Revisited in the end - Guy's idea!
Hello again to all our friends who read the original diaries (to appear here soon) - we hope you enjoy the roller-coaster that will be The New Shed...