Another week's growth

We have just enjoyed our first non-family campervan trip away since restrictions eased, visiting Damon and Renate in Taynuilt and having a couple of nights at the Camping and Caravanning Club's campsite in Glencoe. We very much enjoyed the trip, and had the bonus of a break on the way home with Paul and Gill at The Butcher's Arms in Crosby Ravensworth.

We were keen to see how much progress Pat had made this week, so drove home via the plot, noting that the journey from the A55 turn-off takes just 8 minutes more than it used to when gong to CyMI.

All the ground floor now has double-skinned walls, and the block internal walls and lintels are in place. A particularly valuable (given recent price increases) stack of timber joists is on site, so having a first floor isn't so far away. It's interesting to be able to see how the internal spaces work, though stud walls will eventually separate the kitchen, utility room and front study. And the garage which is going on the front will be the last thing Pat builds. Details like provision for the pocket door from the hall to the dining room are also visible now.

It's good to see that the site is being kept tidy and to know from a conversation with our neighbours that the process isn't causing them any inconvenience.

Timber joists-to-be

Everything left pretty tidy

The trestle is standing where the front door will be, at the end of an open-sided porch

The steel frames for the picture windows in the sitting room and the bedroom above

This will be the back wall of the sitting room

Looking through another picture window to the open-plan dining room and kitchen beyond

Liz is enjoying the view diagonally across the dining room through two large windows to the Clwydian Hills

From the south-east corner of the plot - from the back we'll have kitchen, utility room with back door, and study (and eventually a garage in front)

Stud walls and doors will separate kitchen from utility, then study at front

Looking from kitchen to dining room

From the south-west corner. In time there will be a garage at the front, and a covered walkway down the side

 


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