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I know Shed of the year is an online thing and the bloggers and top interweb sites have picked us up ages ago, but now the British press is picking up on it…

The Sun

The Metro

Trumpet of truth

The Express

So hopefully we will get some new sheddies to join the cause.

if you open your local rag tonight/tomorrow and it’s got Tim’s great shed in it, let me know and I will add it to the clippings.

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I was on the Manchester Rawk radio 106.1 Rock Radio this morning talking to their DJ the Moose.

thanks for the opportunity, but they did not play any Rory Gallagher , any way as the future of Planet Rock is in doubt I think I will listen online to Rock Radio for the moment as it does cover the classics.

If you want to interview me about shed week please contact me

Here’s some Rory for you

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If you found this blog from today’s metro, thanks for visiting, you can share your shed for Shed of the year here.

If you dont have a clue what I’am on about

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Nell card in the observer reports on Camping pods, they look a good idea if you dont want to pitch up a tent, or stay in a caravan?

I’ve always wanted to sleep in a shed. Years ago, I remember sweeping out the sawdust and scattered Rawl plugs from my dad’s shed, padding out our plastic red sledge with cushions and setting up a bumble bee hospital on the old scarred workbench. I never actually slept there (I was too scared, and it stank of white spirit), so when asked to spend a couple of nights in an over-engineered shed on a campsite in the Lake District, I figured now was my chance to live out my childhood fancy.

The ‘camping pods’ are at Eskdale Camping and Caravanning Club Site, which sits in a valley just outside the village of Boot

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Each Camping Pod sleeps up to four people in a secure, heated wooden shelter. They are made from locally sourced timber and insulated with sheeps wool. The ten Pods have been designed to fit in with the glorious Lakeland countryside around Eskdale.

To find out how to hire one of these camping sheds, visit the Camping and caravaning club site.

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Tom Rawstorne over at the Daily Mail was given a task to build the a £13,000 garden shed.

Argos insists anyone can build its £13,000 super shed. So is the ultimate DIY challenge REALLY that easy?

Day One

Starting point: Four tonnes of wood lies waiting to be constructed

9AM: Chinese philosopher Confucius once noted that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Deep, meaningful stuff. And so it is that when an articulated lorry pulls up outside my house in rural Kent at the start of my flatpack adventure I, too, mark the occasion with some suitably memorable bons mots.

‘Are you sure that’s all for me?’ I ask, weak-kneed, as I take in the fourtonnes of wood loaded onto the vehicle. Warren, the driver, is sure. He’s also sure the lorry won’t fit through the gate into the orchard, where construction is to take place.

Instead, he has to resort to craning the six giant pallets over the hedge. It means every item has to be shifted by hand 100 yards to where the base has been constructed (it’s meant to be concrete or compacted gravel, but I’ve opted instead for a lattice of hefty timbers levelled on concrete blocks).

At least I’m not entirely alone at the moment. Photographer Robin Mayes has turned up to record the feat for posterity. He’s been chosen primarily, of course, for his skills as a lensman, but by fortunate coincidence he also happens to be built like a rugby prop forward. Straight back, bend your knees - and lift!

You can read the rest of the build over at the mail

The shed is from Argos

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The BBC Gardens Illustrated mentions National Shed week in their Dig in section, it’s in the upcoming June 2008 Edition out in the shops 30 May 2008.

If you can get a copy take a look, it has some great garden photos in it…and is a bit more upmarket then some garden mags…

If you want to subscribe you can do via BBCmagazines.com

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Official Shed Partner For Shed Week 2008

Share your shed for “Shed of the Year 2008″ and win £500 worth of prizes.

The race is on to win the coveted Shed of the Year title which will be held this summer as part of the second National Shed Week.

We are very pleased to announce that one of the UK’s leading online garden building companies, Garden Buildings Directwill be the official sponsor and shed partner for this year’s Shed Week and will be providing the grand prize for the Shed of the Year Competition.

The grand prize will total £500 and the winner will be able to choose products from Garden Buildings Direct or products from one of their sister websites selling extensive ranges of garden furniture, outdoor toys, fitness equipment and BBQ’s.

Organised by the internationally famous readersheds.co.uk, National Shed Week (which runs from July 7 until July 13 2008) will celebrate one of the cornerstones of British culture, the not so humble Garden Shed.

Can this year’s sheddies beat the wonderful and unique sheds that we showcased in the inaugural Shed Week last year, including the amazing Shed of the Year 2007 which was a Roman Temple built by Tony Rogers?

This year’s judges are property guru Sarah Beeny, wind-up radio inventor Trevor Baylis, Professor of beach huts Kathryn Ferry and Shedworking expert Alex Johnson, Eco-architect Lloyd Alter and to give his sheddies eye view last years winner Tony Rogers.

Sheddies are still welcome to “Share their Sheds” and can enter their buildings on the website ready for the judging in Late June.

About the sponsor
Garden Buildings Direct is part of a number of websites owned by Kybotech Ltd started in 2000, however the business family tree goes back to 1878. Charles & William Walton are the 5th generation of the Walton family connected with the manufacturing of garden buildings and garden related products, based in Sutton-on-Trent the centre for garden buildings since 1927.

They are an online retailer who successfully operate a family of home, garden and leisure retail brands:

Simply Garden Furniture

Outdoor Toys Direct

Flaming Barbecues

Garden Centre Direct

Simply Fitness Equipment

Their main product lines go under the brand name of BillyOh.com with ranges of Wooden Sheds, Plastic Garden Sheds, Metal Garden Sheds, Summerhouses, Metal Greenhouses, Wooden Garden Storage, Plastic Garden Storage, Gazebos, Home Offices, Shed Security, Shed Electrics and Arbours as well as garden furniture and BBQ’s.

About National Shed Week

This is the second year we have run the competition which pits wooden sheds against TARDIS, garden offices against beach huts in a battle royal to win the title of Shed of the Year 2008.

After the success of last year’s Shed Week and the great reaction we got from press and the public, Sarah Beeny has agreed to become a judge again, along with inventor and entrepreneur Trevor Baylis.

They are joined by Shedworking expert Alex Johnson, Kathryn Ferry who is a beach hut expert and Treehugger and Eco-housing guru Lloyd Alter.

Contact us

To get access to hires images and more information on Shed week go to our press section

Competition Terms and Conditions.

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