It was 11 o clock last night before Ian finished painting the coat of primer and came in for dinner.  So another very late night.

I was awake at 6.15 this morning, thinking it was a lot later because it was broad daylight outside.  Another day of brilliant blue skies and sunshine.  But those clear skies mean it was very cold with frost. I’ll take clear skies, no wind and frost any day rather than rain, wind, and grey skies!

The primer Ian applied last night needs 12 hours between coats so he got at the fairly leisurely hour of 8.30, porridge (with added raisins, goji berries and walnuts) for breakfast and then he started all over again.   Today he was painting white onto white, very difficult to see what you have painted and what you have missed so I it was my job to check  tell him when he missed a spot. 

There was a big paintball group that came by bus this morning and at midday Anne (mother of the household) provided them with a huge pot of soup (they also had coffee, wine and snackie things to eats) and we, the workers, also got a mug of soup – gee, was it welcome.

It was after 2 before that second coat of primer was done, it seemed an awfully long time since breakfast.

So, here is Ian painting – again

And here is Thijs painting – again.

But he is painting with the fumy black primer so he is wearing full on survival gear.

And here we have the double primed Njord.

Nest step: sanding – again!