A bit of culture... and a reality check...

The barn was looking like we were still making progress as we had fitted a few plasterboard's by the end of Friday - some were more difficult to cut due to the complicated angles and the beams this is what it looked like when we had finished for Friday...

Saturday saw us headed for Oradour-sur-Glane near Limoges.
During World War II, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane, on the outskirts of Limoges, was destroyed and its people were massacred by Nazis. The site of one of the most horrific massacres of the Second World War Oradour-sur-Glane is now a memorial to the events of June 10th, 1944. On that day, Nazi troops killed virtually the entire village population - only six people out of 648 inhabitants survived. to tell this crucial piece of history, part of the village remains the same as it was after it was destroyed, with everything left in place just as it was on that day. The cars are still on the street exactly where they were left, furniture still in place in the houses that survived the fires. Oradour-sur-Glane is truly a unique memorial and one that genuinely evokes the meaning of one of the awful events of that time. Story

Some photos to mark our visit and give you an idea of the solemness of the place. Well worth a visit.

Joan and Tony Cold but happy

Moving along at a brisk pace

Well the barn is being transformed at a pretty quick pace - Whilst mike has been here we have completed a considerable amount of work on the three bathrooms. Sadly Mike has had to cut short his visit to be with his father who is unwell, we wish you mike and your dad all the very best...

Here are the pictures of where we were when Mike left this morning (11/12/07).

A view of the back of the barn intended to be the dormitory

A view from the ceiling taking in the electrics (I have still to connect everything up...

Mike finishing the pluming

a view of the bathrooms awaiting the waste pips and boards to be fitted...

Jimmy and I have continued in the dorm area boarding up the walls and ceilings, I have also run all the electrics in the room so we could get the boards up without delay.

This is what the Dormitory part looked like last thing Thursday Night 13th ...

Jimmy and a couple of his mates fitting the steal which the plasterboard will be supported by
The silver is insulation which Joan's Tony and I put up the night before.

Jimmy on the other side - note the bathrooms in the background