Sunday, 17 June

Since my last post there has been a lot of rain.  The ground is water logged.  On Friday I went for a walk with the hydraulic engineer, Garey Sparkes, from the Carmelite nuns down to our place.  Garey, sensibly had his wellington boots on.  We both collected quite a lot of mud from the fields on our footwear.  Garey said he was some inches higher at the end of the walk than when he started.

On Thursday I got home at about 9.15pm  from a wedding practice.  I was surprised there were vehicle lights from near the priory site.  It turned out to be the Korean tilers had just finished work.  They had begun on site 13 hours earlier.  They were working on laying the floor of the entry foyer.  It is a red travertine.  In the photo below you can see it needs a final clean and polish.  It will look fine.

Entry foyer

I have been asked what the bedrooms look like in the new priory so here are a few photos of the rooms from different angles. 

Bedroom looking out

Bedroom looking towards the wardrobe, entry door and bathroom

Cupboard space in the wardrobe

The light on the wall is over the likely bed space

The doors to the oratory have been painted and match the colour of the floor covering. 

Chapel doors

These photos were taken this morning which was a beautiful and sunny.  In the photo below you can see the morning sunlight coming into the oratory.  In the coming week or so we will have the altar and other furnishings in place.

Another job that has been completed is the coating of the concrete approaches to the building which looks clean and smart

Walkway to the priory

And finally the in the photo below you can see the railing around the area where we hope to place our new bell tower.  The tower will be similar in shape to the one near the chapel but will be much smaller.

Looking up the where the bell tower will be