Rain...but no Stoppage of Play

Bad news last night. The plumber phoned to say that he wouldn't be coming till Wednesday.

Thunderstorm in the night and rain to greet the workmen this morning. So Cyrille directed his men onto 'inside' jobs. JP and the apprentice Alexi finished blocking up the old doorway next to the fireplace.

Then they put a coat of render on the chimney breast up in the loft to secure the old stonework.

Meanwhile, Patrick cleared out the loft which will be our bedroom, and began to prepare for fitting the insulation and plasterboard. Even though he's only just begun, and all you can see are strings attached to the beams, we know that it is going to look great!

That just left Mickel. He was up in the bucket of the Manitou, cleaning the old mortar out of the joints of the wall above the 'lower' roof. Fortunately, it had eased off to just drizzle by then.

That just left Cyrille, supervising, organising and planning.