Mark,
I would like to visit the UK as well...amazing buildings. It would make for a wonderful vacation.
Ken,
Along that line, I wish I could join you for the recording projects you spoke of in this thread:
http://www.tfguild.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=18066&Main=18066#Post18066A guy here restores old barns and is a wonderful stonemason. The foundation on this oldie is a hybrid of dry-laid and mortared stone. He mortars the stones but keeps the outside face nearly mortar-free to resemble dry-laid:
This ramp is completely dry-laid:
As far as the "Old Ways," I like them so much I put it on my license plate

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...if only I had a TFG bumper sticker to put on this car !