On an overcast and damp morning, Dave and Stephane started the lower terrace, this was the job that was abandoned 2 years ago, when we discovered we needed new beams !
This is Dave doing a little dance…….maybe its because the Almond tree which I have been nurturing for years has just been proved to be a blackthorn, and he and Stephane have just hacked it down !!!
Yep looks level from here……..
Stones or Lauzes (pronounced Lozes) which are roofing stones are found again, after being buried for 2 years, Stephane makes a start.
Hard at it, the sun comes out, but we still have Lunch indoors as its windy.
I think this is the following day as it looks warmer, and they are much further on.
but soon they need more Lauzes, so we nick some from Annick ! (she knows!!)
two days and a lot of blood, sweat and tears later……..
Looking good !
Now its Dave on his own, and he decides that…………….
to finish the terrace to the top of the steps, he should first make the top steps ‘more even’ than they were…..
what you can’t see is that it was hot and the air was so heavy that Dave had to have a ‘french style’ 2 hour lunch break ON HIS OWN!!
Here goes the one that has made it impossible to climb the steps on this side before
View from the bottom looking up at the (non) steps
the replacement stones are smaller and will give even steps up.
All level for the next day !
Dave hastily trying to finish the terrace 10/8/2011
The ROYAL approval…..but only on a soft mat !
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