Frost again!
Minus 4 when we arrived here this morning, and all the water pipes were frozen, and so was much of the stone! Beautiful clear blue sky though, and bright sunshine, so we’re very happy working out in the stone yard. I’ve just been drawing up the stone fireplaces for the lovely job that we visited on Friday, and now I’ve got to help load a truck for a delivery to Surrey tomorrow, and the forklift is like a block of ice because it’s round the back in the shade!
We’ve got some lovely stone stairs to repair at the moment. They’re from a kitchen garden of a house not far from us here. They’ve worn away due to many years of use, and although beautiful, they have become a bit dangerous when wet or frozen, so we’re replacing the tops of the worst worn ones, and then they can go on for another couple of hundred years! They lead up to the potting shed and greenhouse, and the greenhouse was restored a couple of years ago, and is an amazing sight, with chain and sprocket controlled ventilation system, and beautiful cast iron bracketry. I think it’s listed because it is such a fine example.
I see the masons are having their coffee break ten mins early… I think the idea of a nice hot coffee mug to warm their fingers is just too much to resist! and the stone is particularly chilling this morning!