Back into Waitaki. Rowan picked up his knife that came before Christmas. Peter Lorimer made a new handle for it. The knife is an old WW1 trench knife. Peter exceeded our expectations by using whale bone over wood.

On Wednesday we get to site so the frames and trusses can be put on site. Building paper, extra wood and the likes also ready to go. It took a few hours to sort it all.

The rest of the week was busy. Organising the trailer load from Nelson, getting the gardens a bit more reasonable and loads of paperwork. I am enjoying having baths again. I really missed them while we were away.

The day has arrived. Let’s get the first one up. It goes off without a hitch, just like reading Lego instructions it all fits together perfectly. Wahoo for house number one.

Now the walls are up it feels a lot bigger. I was worried it was going to be ridiculously small.