Roof terrace and materials

Today has been the day we've moved on quite a lot with the next tasks, which is very exciting.

Looking towards the Mountain House

About to fix the drains

Next door has a cement delivery

Bekir hanging over the edge of the roof

The first tile is lifted

Cleaning the dirt

Lots of bad tiles

The day started early again, the stars were still out when my alarm went off, but Rosie woke naturally after Angela opened her door and let her come to on her own. I went onto the balcony with her for a very brief bounce and then we sat and looked at the view for a bit until it was breakfast time. I dropped her at school today and when I got back I found that Bekir and Halil were already getting stuck into the first task, putting the downpipe back in place. This did not take long at all however we were all slightly distracted by watching the cement pump come to The Little Lady's house and attempt to drive up the side track. Eventually it succeeded, which was impressive. With the drainage pipe done Bekir and Halil were onto the roof terrace and first business was fixing up the damage from the woodpecker. This involved lots of hanging over the edge and I couldn't watch. After that they set to onto the tiles. Some of these were actually cracked which they began lifting but then they found that there was more damage than we had originally realised so they've cleaned and lifted quite a few tiles and they will repair the material underneath and then relay them.

Rosie waving a stick to cause a shadow

Mid afternoon I went out with Bekir to the shops, having measured and calculated the block and metal requirements for all the tasks after the roof terrace which includes replacing the raised beds with block built ones, build some more flower beds, and putting the wall and fence around the extended chicken enclosure. This took a fair while but the metal is ordered for delivery tomorrow and we're waiting for a full quote from the normal builder's merchant for all the blocks, fencing, barbed wire etc. Exciting times. After school Angela, Rosie and I were in the garden, I took some more of the raised beds down, then played with Rosie on the patio.

And there you have it; finally more interesting stuff to talk about. Thanks for reading