In a village in North West Leicestershire, an exposed apex timber frame sits awkwardly on the bend of the street, surrounded by scaffolding and bits of timber. Unlike the usual building site that may be waiting on a delivery of Kingspan and brick, our host Lloyd informs us that we are waiting on five pallets of hemp shiv to join our current inventory of hydraulic lime shipped in from France. We go across the street the Lloyd’s current abode for a hot drink where we meet his w