Board already

The electricians have moved on for the moment, and James and his lads are now framing and boarding out the cabled areas. This, for example, is the ground floor where the coffee shop will be, now damp-proofed and cabled.

At the other end, the preparation area is taking shape now that the boards have gone up.

Over the weekend the scaffolding will go up to allow the external render to be examined and repaired. Since this has to involve traditional methods, repairs take some time. This is a good point at which to acknowledge the co-operation of our neighbours at Godolphin Chambers and the Wig and Pen, who have kindly allowed us to put scaffolding supports on their land. As I've remarked before, our neighbours on all sides have been extremely helpful in this project and we hope we will be good neighbours to them in our turn. There is certainly a lot of relief locally at discovering that The Globe will no longer be a pub!

The block already has one good pub, and we were delighted to see Tim and Georgie getting a good review in the West Briton this week. It was well deserved, and we'd encourage everyone to try eating there, though preferably not on the nights when we want to go.