April 2006: in the beginning, there were five.
The Architects: Ecoarc's Lucy and Andrew with Freddie and Iona
June 2006 - an early planning meeting
December 2005 - "Why the xxxx are we doing this?"
January 2006 - what are the non-negotiables?
July 2006 - communal meal after planning workshop
September 2006 - public meeting in Lancaster
September 2006 - public meeting tea break
September 2006 - training session in consensus decision-making
September 2006 - multi-generational food preparation
September 2006 - Eco values and hopes & fears workshop
September 2006 - Flipchart from the eco values and hopes & fears workshop
October 2006 - weekend at Yealand Conyers
October 2006 - weekend at Yealand Conyers: sticky dots
October 2006 - weekend at Yealand Conyers: workshop
October 2006 - weekend at Yealand Conyers: piano playing
October 2006 - weekend at Yealand Conyers: developing the wishlist
October 2006 - weekend at Yealand Conyers: out for a walk
October 2006 - weekend at Yealand Conyers: many post-it notes
December 2006 - pre-sale day planning
December 2006 pre sale day: ideas to fund 30%
December 2006 pre-sale day: cheque handover!
February 2007: pre-sale agreement signing
February 2007
June 2007 - planning the managed workspace
June 2007 social standards workshop
August 2007 picnic
July 2009 - picnic on the newly-acquired site at Halton
Workshop featuring Shep the dog, February 2010
Drawing a big map of the site, September 2010
After-workshop drink in the Merchants, January 2011
Part of the 'project river' - highlights, lowlights, milestones to date, January 2011
Outputs from the community building workshop in January 2011 - dreams, values, challenges...
January 2011 - members and prospective members' monthly brunch at the Whale Tail cafe in Lancaster city centre
March 2011 - looking at different hard landscaping materials to help balance the budget...
Boundary walk July 2011 - walking the "ransom strip"
Boundary walk July 2011 - Chris standing on part of the brick archive
Boundary walk July 2011 - the top!
Boundary walk July 2011 - Elizabeth, Diana and Lily
Boundary walk July 2011 - The end
Boundary walk July 2011 - picking wild raspberries!
February 2011 - Margaret, Grace and Lily making clay figures for the Halton pebble mosaic
February 2011 - Kate and Debbie at making clay figures for the Halton pebble mosaic
July 2011 - a fitting Chris found in the Mill which we rolled to each other to share memories as part of the 2011 AGM
August 2011 - Celebrating the start of the build
January 2012: in the garden at the Friends Meeting House
