The internet's a nightmare

For the past few weeks Misan's dongle has been misbehaving.  So we signed up to Sky Broadband (had to give up Sky Sports in exchange, but then I'm fed up with Pro Bull Riding and World Darts anyway, so what the heck).  Of course, it took a week or so to get it on, then tonight it won't recognise this blogsite, so I'm now accessing it from my laptop.

Anyway, we need to catch up.  We've sorted out our photos, so here's one of the mesh in the barn before the slab was cast - note the upstand that will hold up the stone walls that have been undermined ....

And here's one of the wall that came down - until then it was holding up one of the roof trusses, so it's as well that the builders quickly put the acrow prop in. 

Our materials were all approved by the planners back in August, and our builder is back on site this week so things are back in full swing.  The foundations for the new lean-to are in, but not without masses of excavation to lower the ground levels at that end of the barn.

We chose our internal joinery (doors, staircase, etc) last weekend, then Misan chose her range cooker this weekend.

And I eventually applied for our electricity connection today.  Just waiting apprehensively for their quotation now, which is inevitably more than you've budgetted for and there's nothing you can do about it.  Power to the people, eh?