Summer break perhaps over

I felt sufficiently bad tempered about almost everything in the last 5 weeks that I saw no reason to blog. We have, however, for quite some time now finished the dreaded lime screed. It took almost three weeks and was quite back-breaking. The result seems to be worth it though - the house is deliciously cosy and warm and quite unlike anything I have experienced in the UK in all the 15 years I have been here.