Some bad news and some good news

It is looking increasingly doubtful whether the two family rooms will be finished for the weekend. There is no alternative accommodation anywhere in the town (yes, we asked) so we have to provide something.

Room 5 is likely to be usable even if the colour scheme is a quick coat of white emulsion. The bathroom's taking shape and the door surrounds and skirtings have been attached. Electrical work is finished.

Room 2 won't be ready, Well, the bathroom won't anyway. In anticipation of delays we haven't taken any bookings for our other two rooms so D***'s suggestion is to use Room 2 with Room 3's bathroom. Not ideal, but better than nothing.

Planning permission has been granted. Under normal circumstances this would be grounds for celebrations, but these are not normal circumstances so our reaction has been along the lines of "Oh, that's nice then"

Cellar cooling
I added some pipe insulation to the feed from the chiller to the cellar cooler which has stopped condensation dripping everywhere. The air coming out of the device was about 11C this morning with an ambient temperature of 15C. The cellar temperature has dropped a degree despite it being warmer outside. Clearly the machine will take a while to cool the place significantly, but it is definitely having some effect.