We’ll start outside before moving on to the excitement inside. First up is the progress on the tractor bay – half done, half to go:
The garden walls continued to be a source of many hours of hard work:
We continues to tackle the trench work to the Small Walled Garden to renew the drains and other services:
And the potting shed finally got some gutters as well as the floor drain connecting up to the main system:
And just to prove that all this drainage work is worth the effort, here is what will be the manhole alongside the track after a wet spell (and this is groundwater only!)
We also started the long job of a first fix in the annex, with Stephen and Iain returning from Atina Developments:
Moving to the main house, we tackled the top floor, creating a bedroom and playroom for Emilia as well as refurbishing the landing and a number of the windows. Thanks to Adrian & Sean for the expert plastering (AM Plastering) and Eddie & Scott for the decorating.
But perhaps the most exciting development was getting the fire in the round room up and running, including threading a 13m liner up a very awkward chimney (thanks Logan!)
Whilst all this was going on we even had a nocturnal visitor:
And a few atmospheric photos to finish, with some views from the roof (well, if you are up there you might as well…) and the mist sitting in the valley: