Can it be done?

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 I have been accused of seeing everything through rock coloured glasses.

Well I do. It's usually a good thing, except for all the scratchy lichen and the uncomfortably rough furniture.

Here's what I see, before and after I put my glasses on.

A ‘Seanism’

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One of the things Sean Adcock liked to say in that classic cockney voice of his, if you’d put a stone in the wall that wasn’t right, was, “I don’t think you’re going to like that one later”.

It seemed a gentler way of correcting a person by letting them  imagine themselves seeing their mistake in the future! 

Can you see any stones in this wall that you might not be happy with later?

More about Sean

 

Photograph by Christa Gallo Mona

Here's more about Sean Adcock written by  clare.howcutt-…posted in the Stone Specialist.

Sean Adcock, a Dry Stone Walling Association Master Craftsman has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to dry stone walling. Adcock is the six-time North Wales Professional Champion in dry stone walling and has taught students across the world, undertaken large-scale projects (including a temple in California https://thinking-stoneman.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-accumulative-connection.html?m=0 ) in addition to writing a number of books and producing technical guides on the subject.

Adcock who earned a degree in Modern History and Politics in the 1980s, has been a waller for 35 years after initially taking a year off after university to join a conservation volunteer project. 

Congratulations to you, Sean Adcock. You deserve it!

 

Sean Adcock – Medallist of the Order of the British Empire (BEM)

A six-time North Wales professional champion in dry stone walling, Caernarfon-based master craftsman Sean has been awarded a BEM for “services to dry stone walling”.

He said: "It came as a complete surprise - but I suppose everyone says that! 

"My partner had seen the envelope and was urging me to open it - I was more interested in the DIY parcels that had arrived; I didn't even notice 'The Cabinet Office' on the envelope, and probably I wouldn't have twigged even if I had!   

"I'm amazed that enough people nominated me, and even more amazed that The Honours Committee thought the nomination worthy of something. 

"I'm certain there are others in the area more deserving than myself but haven't been fortunate enough to have been nominated in the first place. 

"I still think I'm dreaming and waiting for someone to reveal it's all a joke!"

This article appeared in the 30th of December 2023 edition of The Journal