‘Hay, down there!’

They got off to a dusty start, clearing out the top of the barn. The first job was clearing the hay that must have been there for well over 20 years.

We had a wonderful surprise, after they’d finished sweeping the right hand side of the barn, as part of it still had old flagstones underneath the years of dust and dirt. Not quite sure how they can be incorporated yet, but we will think of something.

Next stage was to start to build the floor going over the boiler room. It wasn’t long before beams were going up and we could start to visualise the space. It looks such an impressive expanse with its aged oak beams, some as good as new, others warped and twisted, or straining under years of doing their job. Those we can replace, but generally it looks good, and with some repair will last for us being caretakers of such a delightful building.

The middle of the three barn spaces