"Nothing is better than waking up in the morning and being excited to go into work" Caprice Bourret

One of the positives of the winter gales on Eigg is that you sometimes get stranded. Well, two cancelled crossings meant I got to work 4 extra days on the project, which is looking and feeling increasingly more like home.

After measuring what seemed like a hundred times, I  finally felt confident enough to order two sash windows and two doors from Blairs. With the help of my new aquaintance, friend and Man Friday - Owain, I repaired the beam above where the new windows were going.

There were feelings of relief and pride when we offered up the windows and they were, to all intents and purposes, a  perfect fit;

while inside, with the original surround replaced, I think they look quite impressive.

Next we set about fitting the new back door. This again turned out to be "made to measure" and slotted in after a few minor adjustments to the seat for the frame.