Mike joined us over the summer as chief muck mixer. The trusty Volvo towed a ton of sand from the Sablier de Bellentre everyday, which Mike dutifully knocked up together with hydraulic lime to make our mortar. We used the old lime mortar, sieved, as an agregate for a mortar that we used on the front face of the wall, with the aim of ensuring that the new wall blended as well as could be expected with the old.
The old door was "rehung" in preparation for the walls to come and meet it.
One stone at a time the wall starts to take shape.
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