A good but cold morning and then a productive working day staining more of the cladding whilst Steven and Alan boarded another three bays until it came on to rain after lunch. I therefore completed the task of cutting and fixing the remaining ceiling panels upstairs so that we are now ready for the 'Artex'-work to be quoted for and executed.
John Major was still struggling with his own Conservative backbenchers over ratification of the Maastricht Treaty
I slept well again and was already awake on a cold morning when the alarm/radio came on automatically at 7.00am. Steven was up early and out preparing the ground on another dry morning. Breakfast of cereal and then out to resume the good work. I carried on sanding off and then staining more of the cladding whilst Steven and Alan boarded another three bays so that there was only two more left by close of work this evening. It had come on to rain as the weather changed for the worse after lunch. The others worked on outside, but I turned my attention to the inside and completed the task of cutting and fixing the remaining ceiling panels upstairs so that we are now ready for the 'Artex'-work to be quoted for and executed.
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At the end of the day, we went round and surveyed the remaining work to be done which we estimate as a further week for three of us. Steven heard from home today and will have to go home tomorrow. I still treated him to a meal at Mr Chan's Chinese Restaurant before he left, and we thoroughly enjoyed it. My journal, the TV news and then to bed early to keep warm on another very cold night. John Major is still thrashing around and struggling with the problems of state. His latest problem is with his own Conservative backbenchers over ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. They are threatening to vote against his parliamentary resolution and take no heed of his threats to call a General Election if he is defeated.