This is how the barn looked at Christmas

Woody and Trevor had a week off, but when we came back from France on the 5th Jan it was even further on. Next pictures (when the light improves) will show the roof nearly complete! In the end, we were able to use the old pantiles from the original roof, augmented by another thousand old tiles that Trevor had, waiting for just such a job as this. Only the ridge tiles will be new, andthey will weather down very quickly. The oak doors, made by the same boatbuilders/carpenters that made our front gates are finished and ready to go on, too.