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This might be a rather longer entry than usual, because I have to warn you of two things: the first one is a disaster on site: This is the lighting in the small activity room.  It is truly horrible and I think we deserve better. To be fair, I think...

Yesterday, Kev of EHS (you remember them?  See Day 119) dropped off the beautifully sliced oil drum for our barbecue.  Perhaps a minute later, he had solved the problem of how to support it: So the answer to my question - which was an unfair one...

. . . all that work up a ladder (and I know he hates heights) putting in the lights for the children's room: and they are the wrong way round! Fortunately, though, if he goes to Nick's website on bluemaninc, he can share his problems with Agony...

. . . Because it looks to me as though Graham is going to dump that load of clay in the middle of the hall: He may say he's just keeping the machine dry, but in that case I'm not sure why I have been running round all day looking for flooring...

Floyd, Mark and Wayne have finished, and have made a terrific job of the plastering: This leaves Graham (I did tell you he was back, but so far he has been a bit camera shy) and Nick to indulge in more of their messy play outside: They are...

But you know the saying about omelets and breaking eggs.  And by the time you visit in your best shoes it won't look like this.  I like it because I don't have any best shoes.  Or if I start out having a pair of best shoes I tend to see something...

But you know the saying about omelets and breaking eggs.  And by the time you visit in your best shoes it won't look like this.  I like it because I don't have any best shoes.  Or if I start out having a pair of best shoes I tend to see something...

. . . is lurking just past the doors to the loos and through the door to the youth room at the end of the corridor: And his name is Jim, pictured here with Ian and Sam of Cluttons: While all the digging, hammering, sawing and plastering has been...

Perhaps we should when G stands for Grumpy. But here, to cheer everyone up, (mostly me!) are some pictures of the plasterers' work: Firstly, the foyer: And the main hall: Main hall from the kitchen: And here is the plaster being mixed: Impressive? ...

Nick runs EHS (Electrical Hire and Sales) of Eynsham: www.ehsplanthire.co.uk, phone 01865 881 851.  This is probably the best tool hire company I have ever come across.  Not only does EHS (in business for over 30 years) give fantastic service and...