Plastered again!

G was working again today and so it was a slow start on the building site again.  I am full of good intentions when he goes to work but I miss him when he's not here and unless I have a straightforward job when he is gone I find it a bit hard to keep going.  Also at the moment its quite tricky and there are no straight forward jobs.  The job I was trying to get done was to start to scrape cement off the bricks that form an archway on one side of the room, we are not sure what to do with this archway as its a great feature but ruined by uneven mortar and patches of cement in random places. 

However when I got up the sun was shining and the job seemed a bit daunting so it wasn't long before I was down the  beach cafe where our friends meet regularly about 10:30 most days.  When I got there I found them all looking a bit like lost souls as the cafe was closed the owners were on a ski holiday so had shut up shop.  Not to be deterred we walked across to the other beach cafe on Summerleaze beach after our coffee we head off for a walk along the cliff.  The photo shows us at the cafe. By the time I got back it was a bit of a struggle to get much done before the gaffer got home although I did manage to prepare a roast dinner for him.

G's day on the other hand was slightly busier than planned.  He had two prisoners in custody from Saturday night to deal with straight away.  Then another customer decided to turn himself in whilst he was in the midst of dealing with the other two.  He was non stop until he got home.  When he returned from work he was raring to go and the atmosphere on site changed as he got into action.  I mixed plaster for him, changed his water buckets and  cleared rubbish.  Tonight was another night of plastering and he did bits round the velux windows, another bit on the stairwell balanced on a ladder and around the window.  It was a stressy time for him because of the difficult angles and tight confined spaces that he was working in.  There is still a lot to do so we will be posting about plastering for a while.

In addition to this we also decided to have a good at chipping cement off the brick arch that we hope to use as a feature. The arch is where the chimneys from both our fires meet.  I was using a chisel and hammer and was chipping away at the cement.  As I was banging away we became aware of another banging noise eventually G realised it was someone at the door.  I jokingly said I bet it was the neighbours complaining about the noise.  I ran down the couple of flights of stairs and there at the door was our next door neighbour.  At this point I should mention that these neighbours have been incredibly patient, supportive and generally enthusiastic.  Even when over the summer G had to admit to one of the timbers from the roof crashing into their garden they still seemed very chilled.  However Roger had not come to complain about the noise he thought the banging was a cry for help.  Apparently the noise must have been amplified by the chimney and as the chimney is on the adjoining wall with our house the noise was very loud in his living room.  He thought we were banging on the wall in a desperate attempt to attract attention and that we were in trouble.  Its great to have neighbours that care.  I immediately apologised and said that I would stop work on that bit.  However as chilled as ever he said they had no problem with the noise as long as he knew we were okay.  I wasn't enjoying it anyway as it was well tricky and didn't seem to be working very well so I was glad of the excuse to finish and went to light the fires and cook the roast dinner instead.

Overall G was pleased with the night work and achieved what he wanted too.  He is next to me and looking very tired.  I am going to be away for a week so not sure what will happen.  I might try to blog remotely or G might do the odd one.  Stay tuned to find out.