Last day before a break

Hello again, Friday reaches us and this will be the last update for a couple of weeks at least as the men are taking a break from work. So get your fix now; I probably won't be updating until they are back.

A beautiful start to the day

Passing up the hosepipe

Sally in charge of hosepipe support

Bekir on electrics and wood duty

Sweeping and cleaning the balcony again

Everyone on the rug with books

Cleaning the main part of the balcony

Roundup going into action again

The day started off absolutely glorious; warm but not too warm with a nice breeze. I snapped a picture while on the balcony watering the olive trees. The men were in and at work on some peripheral tasks for the balcony; Sally and Halil washed off the roof while Bekir worked on the shuttering that has been left from the old roof. Next Sally and Halil did a proper clean of all the balcony, removing the rubbish from the drains and then taking down the old pipes that were getting clogged with muck; we'll replace these with open metal guttering that can be more easily cleaned. Angela had been out to get a few things in the morning with Rosie, including cable for Bekir which Rosie carried home and then handed to him personally, and then it was nap time but after that Angela took her onto the rug on the front garden again with her books. I was at my desk but could hear them having a lot of fun. The men were still on with cleaning with Halil scrubbing down the balcony and Bekir grabbed the pump to do more round up.

Putting shelves up in Rosie's bedroom

Bad pipes removed for now

New pipes for the balcony roof

Badly position drain is moved

Bekir and Rosie - best of friends

Halil and Bekir fitting the new pipes

Pipes all done

After the roundup Bekir came in and fitted the three small shelves in Rosie's bedroom which was another little task that was waiting to be done. Meanwhile Sally had continued removing the bad drainpipes around the balcony that were blocked and split so now all the drains empty onto the ground; but as I say we will replace these before winter I think. The next and final task for the day and this working session was to move the badly position downpipe which was draining onto the balcony and put it to drain down to the french drains directly. There was a lovely break at the end of my work day with all of us on the balcony together and Rosie and Bekir get on so well. After that I had some lawn time and some short pool time with Rosie before dinner and bed and now it's now.

So there we are; the outdoor work is done for now. When the men return we'll start on the entrance porch, gym and library I think (unless I decide that the mountain house is suddenly a priority - noisy weddings may influence here).

Thanks for reading. See you all in a few weeks.