Weds - Sat 21 - 24 August 2013
We returned to find a scene of frenzied activity:
... which we felt we ought to emulate for a couple of days of clothes washing and settling back in, but then Dave got all determined and finished the loo installation job. The pipe feeds into a soakaway, which is well down in the ground, but it needed an inspection hatch built up to ground level. So on went the mixer, and once again we were making lime mortar.
But as of the 22 (George's birthday) we fired back up on full time wall building. I had done a bale diagram for the four walls round the music room and behind the kitchen, worked out we needed 125 bales, give or take, and placed the order with Constantine. A momentous decision - we thought, anyway - which inspired us to great efforts. Getting up at 6,30 am was the least of it. Dave made the mixes, and I set the stones. About a metre and a half a day (until the sun gets round to the West about lunchtime, when it becomes impossible).
We returned to find a scene of frenzied activity:
... which we felt we ought to emulate for a couple of days of clothes washing and settling back in, but then Dave got all determined and finished the loo installation job. The pipe feeds into a soakaway, which is well down in the ground, but it needed an inspection hatch built up to ground level. So on went the mixer, and once again we were making lime mortar.
With the leftover lime, I seated the mosaic in the front step, just need to rustle up some grout, now.
And after watching Rowan with the woodwork - he's fitting some hardwood thresholds for us at the moment - I made a robust little step out of offcuts to make it easier to get in and out from the music room back door.
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