Red Roof

At long last we have a roof going onto the main part of the house. To our amazement the roofing contractor has been working hard today throughout the pouring rain. We had expected them to leave it today and wait until the weather was better but no they have worked hard all day. The tiles are a lovely deep red and we think they look magnificent. We are thrilled with them. Whilst the roof has been going on there has been a lot of activity inside. The frames for the studding and upstairs partitions are coming on at a great rate. The underfloor heating is also going in. The pipe work for the en suite bathrooms have also been installed. The electrician is due to begin first fix next week after the holiday and we are hoping the windows will be arriving. The single story roof can't be completed until the scaffolding for the main house is down. The bricklayers have finished and moved on to another job now so one trade completed but an awful lot more to come.

Work on the farm continues and the combine has been busy. All the corn has been harvested and we just have the beans to do. It will be at least another week before they are ready to harvest. There have been many stories of a bad harvest because of the dry spring. Our crop has been very variable. On the light land the yield is down but on the heavy clay land the yield is average.

Although harvest is about finished it is still all go as the land has to be prepared and next years harvest is sown.