And the workmen are done

Hello again, another short one as I'm tired (though not as tired as I was last night - I was in bed for 9 and slept right through until 6.30am!) and I want to spend time with A, who is ever more tired that I am today. It's been an exciting day of progress, though, topped off by the final pictures you'll see in the update. So let's get this going.

Early morning view

Moon above the village

The sun starts to appear

A golden display

When I woke it was a cooler morning with mist in the air, but stunning. The moon was still up and above the misty landscape and my photograph really doesn't do it justice. I was out onto the balcony a couple of times to get pictures as the sun came up however it was too cold for A so we didn't take our morning cuppas out there, sadly. The forecast is to rain all next week, when I'm not here, so this cooling down may be a pre-cursor.

Two separate units lifted in but not fixed yet

Single unit in place

Hikmet gets back to his scraping

Mesut touching up the paintwork

When A went to collect the men I did my chores and then finally got myself into gear to start the process of bringing the wood to the outside store. I did four or five barrows full before they arrived back, which is a good amount that will now get stacked away by A (who is far better at this task than I am). I then went and helped the men to bring the big units into the Games Room, which was fun as they are very heavy, while A made an amazing porridge for breakfast. With the corridor now cleared of units Hikmet went back up his scaffold and recommenced scraping. Bekir focused on fixing the units to the walls and making them square and straight while Mesut made himself useful around the Games Room touching up bits of paint and other tiny things that caught his eye; eh's a good worker.

Thelma is almost asleep

Louise is far less relaxed

Bekir fixing the unit to the wall

Loads of rubble as Hikmet continues

We have noticed recently that Thelma has had an intermittent limp, but she never complains. Anyway A noticed a little thorn in her paw and then found another so she checked her and Louise fully. Thelma lays there so calmly while Louise wriggles and struggles. They are funny in how they are so different. Bekir was, in the meantime, making good progress getting the units fitted to the walls. I did make sure he made use of the spirit level to get the units actually straight. How he stands on the very top of that ladder does freak me out, though. In the corridor the rubble was starting to build up again; I'll be pushing Henry around tomorrow morning I think. With the single unit fixed Bekir moved to the double while Mesut continued cleaning and finishing the rest of the room.

Bekir fits fly screens

Mesut fills in some gaps

The curtain rail is back up

Bekir has fitted shelves in the kitchen units!

So much dust from this job

With the units on the walls that was the Games Room completed (no picture for you yet, though) and Bekir began working through the list of odd jobs we had for him. First of all he put the fly screen on the window in the Games Room where it was missing, and then hinged the other one that had been fixed in place with no hinge by the people doing the insulation. Mesut he got to work on the unfinished parts around the guest room bathroom. The other tasks included putting the curtain back up in the nook and fitting shelves for A in the kitchen units. We didn't quite get everything done but it was close; nothing that was missed is vital for now. Hikmet, for his part, made loads of dust and then spent the final time tidying up.

And so that was that; the men finished all the jobs so we paid them off and I took them home. It'd been a really busy day for me, work wise, and so I rushed back to eat my dinner during a phone call and then I've been waiting for another one since. In that time I took the opportunity to go and set the gaming table up in the Games Room and so, below here, I present four views of the Games Room; I am very pleased and very excited.

View from the doorway

Another view

And another view

The final corner

HERE IT IS!!

I'm pretty pleased!

So with the workmen done the regularity of these updates will reduce as well. I'm not totally sure when I'll be back as I'm away on business next week and then we are on holiday for a while after that as well. I'll try and return as soon as possible, probably in a week or maybe a bit more. Thanks for reading, and I hope you read me again soon.