Almost Done

The outside is almost done.  We still have a few things to be completed inside and yet again, we are waiting for the joiners to grace us with their presence to finish off the skirting and architrave in the hall and cloakroom.  When that is done. we can have the rest of the downstairs carpets fitted.  Here are a few photos of the outside.

We had break from the building site last week.  We had intended to take our boat out for 3 weeks, but it became clear that we couldn't spare 3 weeks, so 3 weeks became 2.  That also became something of a challenge, so 2 weeks finally became 10 days.  We had time to take 'Charlie Mo' down to Oxford and then, for a change, go up the Thames to the head of navigation near Lechlade.  Although we didn't have a lot of rain, we did have a lot of wind and with the Thames being so open, this did mean that occasionally we would have to seek shelter at one of the few mooring sites.  Fortunately most of these sites tend to be near at least one hostelry.  We even moored at the end of a pub garden for two nights in Lechlade!