Simon Pawson wrote in message ...
Hi,

We are thinking of building a play tower for our 7 year old boy and
after looking at loads in the shops/on the net they are either too much
like little Wendy houses or far too expensive so we would like to build
our own.



Just an alternative thought: my kids have had some fun with
a scaffolding tower. All you need for foundations is then a
small concreted flat area at each corner, and you can spread
bark elsewhere on the ground. You then can make some
extra internals and/or cladding.

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Anton