Sunday

Eight years after (or more) .....
One of the longest jobs outstanding on the Working Week list has been to fit a drain cover to the mantrap situated by the main kitchen sink.  This was originally provided for the phantom contract cleaners who were to come in and maintain cleanliness.  Andy Amatt together with brother Simon installed a very neat cover, solving the problem at last.

Mrs. Lister's hidden talent .....
Before the dragons moved in properly, the main kitchen was thoroughly cleaned, along with the fan, microwaves and ovens.  The walls were washed and painted where appropriate.  When Tess Lister undertook to paint the ceiling, we were treated to an unexpected ballet performance.

Where there's more smoke .....
The smokers, now banished from the cottages, have had to find new locations in which to pursue their habit.  Here, Dave Edwards pretends to be measuring up some wood for a bunk ladder while Lel Davies wishes the photographer would move on as the cigarette in her left hand is beginning to singe her backside.

The mini-skirted monk .....
Geoff Amabilino and Alison Reynolds set to with pointing the fireplace wall in the new No.3 Bunk Room.  Shortly afterwards they were joined by an itinerant monk on permanent loan from New Zealand.  This job had to be done quickly before the flooring could be put down and the bunks themselves installed.

Pete Hobson could not be present until later in the week, so was distraught to learn that the Hobgoblin cask would not be tapped until after he had gone.

Up on the roof .....
Well, actually off the roof, John Lister spent the day looking for suitable stone with which to repair the chimney.  The weather was vile and every half-hour, he came in to warm up.