Over the last few months (when lockdown allows) there has been a building taking shape just a couple of km from our cellar door. Nothing too unusual you might think, but it is the nature of the construction itself that has left me more than a bit puzzled.

When building work started foundations were laid, very much in the normal manner, but then the next step was not altogether traditional. No sooner than the concrete dried than a 40ft shipping container was delivered and placed in the centre of the structure. Floor and walls were then built around the container, all welded together out of solid metal.

As you can see, the design is not exactly state of the art, indeed, it looks more like someone had a few pieces of slightly rusty scrap metal laying around and didn’t know what to do with them!

Anyway, if anyone has any ideas why someone might build a metal shed (with a shipping container in the middle of it), then please send your answers on a postcard!….