The Pergola was the first DIY project I did after Susie died. It was nice to sit under on a fine windless day but you don't get to many of them, so was not getting a lot of use. Moss was growing on the paving stones and I guess I was a tad disappointed mostly with the wind and rain. This aint the Mediterranean. My conclusion was that perhaps a sodding great greenhouse would have been better. Mmmm why not shove a roof over it and maybe a wall or something on the open side. If it was ripply plastic the sun could still get in but no wind and rain. I thought about that for a few years while I did a load of other things. Then I thought hell why not if it looks that bad I can always take it down.