Rain, rain

There's a dog show in Kelso just now and it means that we're full for three or four days. To mark the first day of the show there was heavy rain followed by thunder and lightning. The leak in the roof on the first floor corridor seems to have been fixed, but the small one in the old owners' rooms continues. D**** was here yesterday with the builder. Given available resources it seems likely that our only input to these rooms will be framing, plasterboarding and fitting out - the roofing work's too dangerous and the floor strengthening will take more man/woman power than we have available.

What we can get on with is one of the unused rooms on the top floor which used to be a bedroom and is going to become an ensuite for the next door room. There's little heavy joiner work needed and no building work. We need the plumber to supply a hot and cold feed, a drain and a central heating feed but we can do most of the rest.

Cornicing work is finished. The cornice company blotted their copy book by leaving the place a complete mess which L had to spend half an hour tidying up before the guests came back, but apart from that we're very happy with the result. Pictures later.