general update

I am told it can be difficult to get a general idea of progress from the posts on the blog, so here is a round-up:
The main bathroom is just about finished, here are Ewan & Keith installing the shower screen:

All that remains is to connect up the bath, and tidy up the tiling.

As I write, Keith is painting the last room upstairs. That means we can consider flooring up here in the next few weeks. We have found a local firm Oundle Carpet Weavers who make their own carpet locally (although the one we have chosen is actually an Axminster, who they also make carpets for)

Downstairs, I am tiling the utility room. There is some tiling that needs doing in the downstairs shower room, but we are waiting until Keith has installed the door frame.
The main jobs remaining downstairs are to finish the study, and to put down the flooring.

Outside, the drive is complete, thanks to Rob for an excellent job:

Work on the decking at the back begins this week.

And off-topic, we have had 2 lovely days out. Art in Action were as well organised as ever, with parking on an old airfield, and fleets of coaches to ferry us. Thanks to the sunshine that bathed Folk by the Oak, and to Sarah & Bob for their hospitality & the excellent picnic, despite their being as busy as we are, renovating their new bungalow.

We have seen less of the swans this year as they are nesting further away, but Keith got this picture of the cygnets being taken around their patch:

And for the followers of Genghis: he has mostly been absent, but during the flooding (when from our brook to the River Nene was a complete sheet of water) he did appear, playing with the the other ducks!