Inside story of a thatched roof

Hope Cove, Devon I need to go into the attic to check the timbers – an awkward job, but a chance to get out of the windAn experienced thatcher told me early on in my apprenticeship: “You’ll learn to hate the wind more than anything.” And after five years of working on Devon roofs I’m inclined to agree with him: rain is our more obvious enemy, but rain doesn’t blow the wheat out of your hand or bowl you sideways off your ladder.On really windy days like this on