We really are getting to the end of the road now;  Mike has been lining the roof of the porch - a tricky upside down job causing a lot of cursing and swearing - then we need wee triangular windows above and a couple of lights, and that's about it.  Carpet was supposed to arrive last Saturday!  so one day perhaps.

Exciting news was that Rob arrived with the new picture on Tuesday - no you can't see it till it's hung but it really is perfect and fits the space beautifully.  A present from Ju which makes it very special.

Once we are ensconced here with a little more furniture, the only thing to be done -only? - is to fit the new bathroom.

Balcony wire has arrived but that will be a very exacting job;  now we have got the hang of the telescope we are enjoying peering at passing ships, but it never seems clear enough to brush up our astronomical skills, and now it's light at night we may have missed the window until later in the year.