Balls up
30/09/2008Well not really, but they are! Joe has hand carved two spheres from blocks of sandstone and installed them either side of the star on the main roof. In the meantime, Richard and Cameron have completed the porch roof, including the skew-stones and all the associated lead work. They have also lined and insulated the porch ready for fixing of plasterboard on walls and ceiling. Today all preparatory electrical cabling for lights and sockets was completed by a newcomer to the team, the firm of C.S.(Charlie) McKerlie, in the form of Nelson, who quite appropriately has had a hand in all the electrical work at Glenlair including the Lodge (Servant's Quarters) and the Gardener's Cottage.
Thistle Time!
27/08/2008After such a long dry spring and early summer, the Gods have decided to make amends with copious buckets of rain. The grass in the fields has suddenly started to grow as if making up for lost time and of course the thistles too have joined in the festivities, not just amongst the pasture, but even on the very peak of Glenlair House! Joe Smith has had a wonderful time carving new finials for the main roof and the porch replacing those lost many, many years ago. The amazing thing is that now they are fitted it almost appears as if they had always been there. Scott Bendalls team have now completed fitting gutters and skew stones to the main roof and have started work on re-roofing the porch. By the end of next week, it may even be slated...
note the thistle at the peak.
atop the main roof.
