Walls and the start of a roof!!

Hi, well here is the next update on the extension, the kit walls are all up and some of the roof trusses are in place. The builders have again worked really hard this week.

Stuart looking out of his bedroom window and Jillian looking out of Stu's en suite window.

Detail of a complicated section of the roof. Note : this was completed by the 19 year old builder, well done!

General view of the site. I climbed on top of a rather unsteady pile of blocks to get the picture from this angle.

The weather today was fantastic so Jennifer and I went out for a walk at a nearby Country Park (Mugdock). This view was taken by the old castle.





Once again thanks for dropping by my blog, I am amazed at the people who have visited, from as far away as Wisconsin and Texas, possibly even Alaska! Hope you are all well.

A wall appears!!

As you can see some of the kit walls are starting to appear. The weather was better today, dry most of the time but very cold and windy. We met with the builder and disscussed some of the plumbing and electrical work. The yellow bus makes another appearance in one of the images!

I thought you might like to see some photos taken from roughly the same angles in January. It's interesting to see the changes....well I think it is anyway. Thanks for having a look. Feel free to leave a comment or send me an email. I will post more stuff soon.

More Ski Trip Photos

My companions for the trip to France

Risoul, our hotel is on the right I can recommend it, but don't tell anyone we don't want the slopes to get too busy!

A glorious day on the slopes.

A view looking down to Risoul. Can you see the yellow school bus in the photo?

1st February 2007: The extension to the house for our son Stuart finally begins after four years of planning and consultations with the local council. Old garage base has been removed.

1st March 2007: The foundation trenches have been dug but sadly, due to the rain and mud, look like something out of the Battle of The Somme from the First World War!!

12th March2007: The concrete was poured last week and much of the block work for the underbuilding was done at the week-end. Those of you who know me well should look out for the small yellow object on one of the blocks!

I hope I am not boring you but this work has been so long at the planning and funding stages we are all just so pleased to see progress. I will post more photos soon.

Douglas

Photographs!!

Well here I am posting for the second time, but now with photos....is there no end to this mans talent I hear you say? These pictures were taken on my recent fantastic ski trip to France. If this works I will post more images soon.

My first ever post to a blog

Greetings, well here I am writing my first ever blog. It's a bit strange because I don't really know if anyone will read it. My intention is to post lots of photographs and occasionally let you know what is happening in my life. I have just realised there is a spell-checker at the top of the page....how good is that!

Right that's enough for my first blog. I am going to post it now....where did I put my stamps? No even I know I don't need stamps!!

Thank you for reading this whoever you are.

Cheers,

Mr A