There has been no news from the garden for a while, I have to say that it has been a bit more neglected than I would like, but I guess it is winter, however we did lift some delicious parsnips and took them back to my parents for Christmas day lunch, which M did a super job of cooking...roasting with parmesan. And of course as allways there are still those indestructable turnips available, unfortunately our kitchen doesn't lend itself to doing anything particularly creative with them!!

The Christmas period has meant a quite time for the builders, no they are still not finished, but at least they haven't been here over the festive season!! On the last Friday before Christmas they turned up, dismantled the porch roof and rebuilt it at a different pitch - they didn't quite finish so we are hoping to see them early in the new year. And of course there was no sign of the renderers.

However, we have continued to make progress, mainly on the plumbing and central heating. Most of the pipes are now laid out, v. exciting picture....

Today we managed to get the pipework in for the radiators for the front room and dining room which did necessitate M heading under the floorboards - urgh... filthy and a bit scary really, but he seemed to be having fun....

Hot off the press...

The boiler has gone in!!! Still alot to do, before we are near firing it up, but it is an encouraging sight!

Builders have pretty much finished, we are waiting patiently for the renderers to arrive. Had this week off and have been making a start on the central heating system. The old tank is out, the new one just waiting to go in and we have been taking out old pipes and radiators and installing the new.

velux windows went in, on the dining room roof yesterday...

and the builders are really starting to tidy round and clear out from the inside of the house, so just a bit more work on the roof and the rendering and they should be out-a-here!!!!

The back walls are now down in the kitchen...

There is such a lot of space! We couldn't quite beleive it the first evening we came back. It's pretty grubby in there, so pizza for tea? - I think so!!

Going to be making a start on plumbing and electrics, had a good planning session with M's dad this weekend so raring to go.