Roof is all fixed - hooray! One heroic timber frame erector came and worked really hard for a day to get the two small walls up and the roof is now straight. So that's all right. R is a Man With a Mission, still building the wall - he reckons he is now about 25% of the way through. And I'm still taping the joints between timber frame panels to keep out every small bit of air.

We had extra help staying with us this week and here is a picture of her painting the false rafters / mini bird houses.


and, from below, the feet....


Here's a picture showing, from left to right: next door, next door's fence, the famous Wall, R with a brick, a whole load of bricks, the path, the washing, the caravan and a late rose. He did 120 bricks today, which I believe is more than Winston Churchill used to do, and is aiming for 150 a day, at which rate he could be finished in three weeks. Then he can get onto the house...