For the first time in a long while I was able to spend more time renovating than mowing! With the weather getting warmer and the ground drying out, the grass was nowhere near as lush as it has been for the last few months, so mowing wasn’t as time consuming.

This trip was a lone one for me… Shirleen was still unable to travel to Charlton courtesy of her broken ankle, and as I left directly from work on Friday afternoon Skylar was unable to accompany me. It was strange and lonely being there without them.

After arriving in Charlton around 6:00 and having dinner with Phil & Janet I fired up the mower and was able to finish the Waugh Street block before darkness ascended. This left me with less to do on Saturday so I was able, with Phil’s help, to continue laying decking joists as well as fitting the plinth rails, the timber for which we bought back in September but hadn’t had the chance to do anything with because of the need to spend most of the last few visits mowing grass.

Sunday morning I was able to do a few more joists before packing up around lunchtime in preparation for the trip home.

The time really flew on this visit and I’m really looking forward to the next one so I can be nearer to the time I will be relaxing on the deck rather the building it!

Deck taking shape