Month April 2010

They are getting on well with the workshop roof, but had to stop this afternoon because of the heat. Manuel’s coming back later to do some more. Yesterday they worked until nearly 9 in the evening. I hadn’t anticipated that,…

These are the lovely nesting boxes that Ian made the chickens And this is where Spot has decided to brood….

The tiles were placed on the roof by a crane. This obviously saved them having to carry them up. As there are 3,000 tiles, this obviously saved a lot of time – and carrying…

Immediately after Manuel and his space suited buddies left, having finished spraying the two roofs, I popped up to grab a couple of snaps. As I stood at the top of the ladder taking the shot across the roof of…

We’re pleased to announce that Manuel and two men from the Atomic Weapons Agency are currently on the roof spraying insulation onto it. This should make it water tight until the tiles are laid which is good news as rain…

apr_12Originally uploaded by ian_pullen This was one of the shots that I heroically took while prancing around the roof like a mountain goat. Manuel looked impressed – don’t think he’d ever seen someone displaying such supreme confidence at that altitude.…

Manuel took Ian up to see the work on the roof. Ian took advantage of this to take some photos. I took advantage of this to take a photo of Ian hugging the wall while Manuel looks like he is…

As we’ve noticed before, summer seems suddenly to arrive. And this week someone switched the summer button and we’re enjoying the hot weather – until Tuesday when rain is forecast again. That’s going to be a bit of a problem…

I don’t think that Bob is missing Ian…. The glass in our doors. Obviously Ian has taken some much better pictures, but here’s mine… The new roof This is the new roof from the inside. You can see where the…