By 8 a.m. a 30-tonne all terrain crane arrived - it just squeezed around the corner with inches to spare.
And at the other end - up by the church - two large lorries arrived (simultaneously!) one with all the softwood for the roofing, and the other with the oak.
All marked up ready for assembly.
The telehandler came in handy, unloading the oak quickly,
and then carefully dropping it load by load into the back of Pete's trailer.
The longest bits had to lie across the top of the trailer.
Meanwhile, back on site, the crane was in situ.
So the trailer could back up our driveway, and Pete could then lift out each load with his large digger.
and walk them up the hill.
Soon all was in place.
The sections were quickly assembled,
oak pegs hammered in,
the section lifted across the end wall,
and dropped caefully into place.
With a bit of head-scratching,
and some umming and arring,
a second section was swung across,
and the curved cross-beams quickly tied the whole thing together.
By the end of the day, three of these sections were complete, and the "oak trees" are becoming an obvious feature.
Meantime, the crane driver Paul was lifting loads of roof rafters up unto the scaffold. By tomorrow these will be needed to tie the two-storey oak screen to the main part of the house.
And if that wasn't enough work for one day, another load of scaffolding went up on The Shrubbery, so that a painter can paint our upstairs windows!
And at the other end - up by the church - two large lorries arrived (simultaneously!) one with all the softwood for the roofing, and the other with the oak.
All marked up ready for assembly.
The telehandler came in handy, unloading the oak quickly,
and then carefully dropping it load by load into the back of Pete's trailer.
The longest bits had to lie across the top of the trailer.
Meanwhile, back on site, the crane was in situ.
So the trailer could back up our driveway, and Pete could then lift out each load with his large digger.
and walk them up the hill.
Soon all was in place.
The sections were quickly assembled,
oak pegs hammered in,
the section lifted across the end wall,
and dropped caefully into place.
With a bit of head-scratching,
and some umming and arring,
a second section was swung across,
and the curved cross-beams quickly tied the whole thing together.
By the end of the day, three of these sections were complete, and the "oak trees" are becoming an obvious feature.
Meantime, the crane driver Paul was lifting loads of roof rafters up unto the scaffold. By tomorrow these will be needed to tie the two-storey oak screen to the main part of the house.
And if that wasn't enough work for one day, another load of scaffolding went up on The Shrubbery, so that a painter can paint our upstairs windows!
Looking good!
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