In god we truss

 So the two remaining roof trusses had to be removed, as they were likely to fall on the builder. It was quite exciting.

Chop chop

 Good news today: we have permission from the authorities to remove the trees from inside the two buildings, and some from outside. Pics to follow :)

 

Path of destruction

 Well, the path didn't last long in its pristine condition...

Here's a little walk-around, during which I did a lovely narration. Then on playback, I remembered my phone's mic doesn't work properly, and all I got was static. So here it is is without the tour guide:

Does anyone know what these are?

Doesn't really matter, as they ended up on here:

More later

More paths

 The men have been busy with that digger. Side of the building is unrecognisable..

We'll soon move on to clearing the inside of the building. Huge job, photos to follow.

In other news, I've ordered a load of bits to make my own stop-motion camera. Based on a Raspberry Pi computer (google it) programmed by Jack (my son). I'll do a few photos as I build it, should be well boring. Eventually it'll be mounted high up inside the building so we can watch as the thing takes shape.

Later taters

The path is clear

 Well we have a path! This is literally the way forward. Or backward.

In other news, planning permission has been applied for. Very exciting, but I'm told it can take months. Watch this space..

We smoked a wedding

 So this happened. Lyn dumped the embers of yesterday's fires out of our custom-made bins onto a pile of pulled brambles...

Of course, it all caught fire.

Cue mad scramble for water, as the Town Hall next door were busy photographing a wedding party in their car park.

So where do you go for water in a derelict property? Why, the gatepost of course..

No idea why, but this pipe - originally for a gas light - has become connected to the mains water. See hilarious post from last week for fountain pics.

Oh yes, and more burnings...

We found and burned these lumps of wood, then realised they might be to do with the old church organ...

Ah well. more later...

Burning stuff #2

More burning. More backache. More beer. Now with added brambles. Front area down to the road is now pretty clear. We uncovered a couple of graves, as expected.

Moonrise over Chinley Churn from the graveyard:

Spot the wife:

In other news, we received the prelim plans from Jeremy Architect:

..yes, that is a tree INSIDE MY HOUSE. Take that, Kevin McLeod :)

Almost apoplectic with excitement. Can't possibly sustain this level for two years ...can I?

More soon

Burning stuff #1

 First burning completed. 3 hours of beer and backache.

A little historic mini-drama now..

And then we celebrated..

It got late, and a bit spooky. Yellow eyes, and the ghostly Town Hall looks on..

In other news, our installation of an electric meter continues apace.

In other other news, planning moved on a step today, as we received some drawings from Jeremy the Architect which look pretty good. We'll have a lift for our old age it seems :)

More soon

Work has begun

 Well, we've started.

Job 1 is to clear the grounds for jobs 2 --> x, and involves cutting a lot of brambles, burning a lot of old wood, and eventually chopping down trees.

Builder Paul found the water stopcock and turned it on. Never expected this:

  

Much hilarity. Then we turned it off.

Some wildlife shots:

  

Must go, I have to help Lyn drill holes in a bin. There's going to be lots of burning...

Parallelly, (a word from the subcontinent there) plans for planning planning permission applications are being planned. I don't have pictures of the planning plans, sorry, but suffice to say the plan is sketchy, and the sketches are even sketchier. More soon.