I did a lot of that that week. All seventeen or so boards for the gable end were thicknessed, and had rebates carefully sawn into both sides and were nailed into place with the wonderful über-nails. Which all got used up (must remember to buy so me more).

We also constructed a jig to make a window sill.

It was damned tiring climbing up and down the scaffold, as well as manhandling the wood up there. The small window frame was also finished and coerced into place. A flipping long ten minutes that was - many thanks to Alan Staves and Ian Lewis for the help with the whole process. It was a process which will have to be repeated on a larger scale for the BIG window frame in a month or so.

Meanwhile, the thicknesser was used by Trevor and Martin to straighten up the 4x4" timber which was to be the window frame. When Ian and I had finished with the gable end, we cut the grooves into windows frame’s uprights into which the spare rebated planks were slotted. The design of the frame was also changed to having three windows instead of two. Ooh it's going to be very pretty when it's done!
As well as the arched sections which will need to be slotted in, it needs a little tarting up just to make it posher. Saturday night I spent with Carole at a Travel Lodge, where we all had an early night, and a good hot shower!

I spent half of Monday preparing timber to make the thegn's seat (to keep me busy during the next few weeks) and the other half helping Trevor, Martin, Chris, Sonny and Ian finish putting the window frame together.

So that was two more carpentry jobs jobbed - huzzah!

I also managed to avoid losing Owen - bonus!

And it took a week to recover!

Roll on May!