Hammering and lifting

If I thought I was tired yesterday I'm shattered today - it's been a tough day for all of us for various reasons. This will be a super short update - mainly pictures/videos and a few words. Onwards.

Men battening the roof

Going on an adventure

In the shade by a war memorial

Rosie with the birds

Drinking fresh OJ

Having fun in another park

Firemen on the way back

The day started off badly with Angela still in huge pain with her back and so, after breakfast and a couple of cups of tea, we headed to town to see the doctor. The men had arrived dead on time today which was awesome and they were on the roof hammering away putting all the battens down onto which the tiles will be seated. The only place I could stand to get a picture was down by the front gate as the angle denied visibility from anywhere else. I dropped Angela off and took Rosie for a walk around town. We looked for carpets for the library (and maybe found some) and then headed to the park where we sat in the shade, saw some music and shouted at the birds. Well, Rosie did the shouting. Angela met us for a coffee and freshly squeeze orange juice while she waited for some results then I took Rosie for another walk around until it was time to meet Angela again (going via a loooong ladder from a fire engine) and home.

The pulley in all its glory

Shifting the pulley before ice-cream time

Clouds blow in

Tiles all stacked on the roof

Rosie proudly shows off a spud

When we got back Rosie was asleep, which then meant she didn't get a long afternoon nap which was also a tough thing for us all. We also saw the men had rigged up the pulley system to get the tiles onto the roof. Most of the rest of the day was me working as much as possible and then spelling Angela with Rosie (including a lovely time in the pool with Rosie - she just loves being in there). Towards the end of the afternoon we gave the men ice-creams and when I went for this they were just moving the pulley to the other side of the roof. It's a long process lifting the tiles but once they are up there it's pretty quick to put them in place. We are nearly done! We went into the garden a bit and cleared some rogue potato plants from the tomato bed and now we have a big bowl of free spuds for dinner and Rosie was very impressed.

So now I'm going to publish this and then get some rest as tonight I'm doing a whisky night with some good friends. Thanks for reading all.