All set in concrete!

As soon as Bruce was erect and holding up his end (the ridge beam) it was time to put up the poles and fix the fascia which all happened very quickly.

Next came the rafters and end gables. Some mornings were a little chilly with frost across the paddock, rain occasionally and a rainbow ending at our pot of gold!

I love timber, the smell the feel and the colours of a good rich wood. This is a branch piece from Bruce that I've planed, sanded and oiled ... just gorgeous. 

We're hoping to slab a limb and use it for the collar ties in the main room. 

I also love looking for the faces that live in the timber grain.

 

The entrance timbers are book ended after discarding a couple of other pieces. It's still to be stained the cedar colour.

A sign saying "Muddled Up Manor' will be carved and used as a collar tie and hung across the entrance.

This morning we arrived at the house after an horrendous night of gusting winds and rain to find it a little on the piss! Which would have been just fine if it hadn't been the day the concrete was coming to secure the poles in place for ever. After a very hectic and stressful 45 minutes which included a rope tied to the car and driven very slowly, the poles were back in place. 

The truck arrived and the pour went without a hitch with a huge thank you to our new T A Clinton running with the barrow.

Mel also worked as a T A helping with the new valley timbers at the entrance, not realising that she needed to read minds, anticipate and run just a bit faster up the ladder, the timber she was expected to be holding onto ended up bumping into Darren... nothing broken lol.