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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…

I’m watching Manuel and his new sidekick walking on the new workshop roof. They don’t look at all nervous – which I take to be a good sign. I will take a photo later, I don’t like to do so…

Well, again it is Easter and not an Easter bunny in sight. Javier, one of my students nearly fell of his chair when I told him that in England, we do not have parades of pointy headed, masked people. We…

I would like to point out that I was not taking a picture of the new builder’s bottom. I was actually trying to capture Manuel and his new assistant balancing on the top of the wall, catching concrete beams. It…

The roofing work commenced on Monday as planned, with the roof on Kate’s workshop being removed. It’s lovely and light in there now and only marginally wetter than before. Moments after taking this shot, our electrics tripped. Kate had asked…