Typical. You wait all week for a tradesman and then four turn up at once

It would have been five, but the blacksmiths were on a first aid course. They'll be here tomorrow.
Take a look at this:

This used to be the old kitchen and the corridor leading to the bedrooms. The partition wall was removed today and you can see how the room looked before it was turned into a kitchen. A steel beam is going to be fitted to the ceiling this week and then a new (fireproof) partition will be fitted.

All of which poses a problem for the National Museum of Scotland who want that lift contraption at the back of the room. We will have to try to avoid reducing it to matchsticks when we take it out.

Also installed today were some new lights in the front hall.

Nice aren't they?