Starting Work

So now it starts, the crew are ready and eager to get on. The weather is being kind to us with clear blue skies and sun so we can work outside and start to cut back years of overgrown trees and shrubbery. Igor is a master with the chain saw and we make swift work of the first clump of trees.

It makes such a difference as we finally reveal the old wind turbine. Soon we get a good rhythm going, each person assigned to their specific job. Igor cuts down the trees and big shrubs and then Glen & I cut the larger branches off. The girls, Michelle & Julianna then sort it - smaller branches and

leaves for burning. bigger branches ready for the wood chipper and the very large branches ready to be cut into logs with the circular saw. What a difference it makes when it has all come down. 

Mark meanwhile has been chiselling out the old pointing in one of the chateau walls, preparing it to be repointed with a lime mix in the traditional fashion. This work is going much quicker than I expected, the old stuff is quite loose and was not originally put in very well which is good news for the progress we hope to make!

Finally something that I have been waiting to do for months, cut

down the large tree that has been growing right up the side of the chateau - totally overgrown and in a place where it should never have been allowed to take root in the first place.