Saturday 1 Nov 2014
Dave and I were awake early and pressing on with the prep:
Dave and I were awake early and pressing on with the prep:
Dave making a second bale needle for splitting the bales. The wall to be done is full of small spaces around windows, so almost every bale will need to be adjusted for size.
The protective clothing 'shop' in the music room - gloves, masks, goggles and overalls
No-one here yet, just time to try out the first bale under the big kitchen window
Our French neighbour, Marie-do arrived first, and asked 'is anyone else coming?' Then the day took off. First thing was to throw some bales out the window.
Two teams were swiftly established - very European: 3 x UK, 1 x French and 2 x Dutch. The group on the left are learning bale splitting from Paris, (who found it funny to be called 'Paree' by Marie-do!); Anya and Eva on the right took on the mucky job of painting bales in clay slip.
Rowan started jamming cut bales into the walls as quickly as the splitters could split them
Dave trimming a bale with the chainsaw - not very successfully, it was too damp due to the clay slip
Lin on the first floor, filling the box beam with stuffing - and it's still only 11 am.
Continued in next post ...
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