A little weather window appeared... so we went up to the Lakes for a couple of days. Joc's in between chemo sessions so is feeling OK and I've got a broken toe (rolled a concrete beam onto it - silly I know), so a little hobbling and strolling up some minor lumps was in order. We really had to go: it was the 10th anniversary of Joc's successful Bob Graham Round on June 11th.
Looking across to High Stile and Red Pike with Buttermere beneath.
Buttermere shore.
Bangers on the BBQ back at campsite. Hey! Where's the beer?
Building
Meanwhile back at the building project, we've been doing some preliminary work on the new roof for the other half of the house. Ceilings down on 1st floor and we had Steve and JD round to help us with the chimney stacks. We took these down as they were unsafe and putting the new roof on will be a lot easier without them. Took the best part of the day to get them down: Joc was on road partol, me on the demolition, JD getting them down to Steve and then Joc and Steve into the skip. Skip guy had a massive wheelie getting the 6 cubes of hardcore on board!
Next comes the trial of measuring up for the new roof trusses. We'll have to bring the walls down by around 150mm, replace the lintels over the 2 openings and block up one opening. We really need to get the old roof off and the new one on sharpish, as we can't afford to get the interior wall between this part of the house and the completed part too wet, or it will ruin all our good work on the other half.
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