Clive, the first living thing to move in. He was getting a bit cold in the garden and he's too big for the caravan


The house is wrapped up like a Christmas parcel.

Obviously I didn't allow Kate enough sellotape in her youth - she and J-P have done amazing work today, sealing all the cracks with high-class German tape. They each did the work of three normal people or, in the current circumstances, 6 to 10 Lizzies. Here are some pics of our Local Heroes. They have wrapped up almost all the whole of the first floor. Lots of leaping up the scaffolding tower and tucking themselves away in the apex of the roof. They have so much energy!! I, on the other hand, have been involved in the very intricate technical work of sweeping up and making a large Sunday lunch.








This picture is NOT turned on its side.

Kate spent the whole time like an owl - tucked in up among the roof timbers in a tiny triangle of space (two actually). They are at the top of the two outer bays of the house and are very important - the roof panels were a new departure for the timber frame company and they need all the help they can get to stay airtight.


J-P was leaping up towers and balancing on timbers to do the bit above where there is no first floor - lucky he's a climber.





Next time, for your delight and delectation, we have the first pictures of the completed north and south walls - and they are things of beauty! We move along.