14 June 2011

We had the people from the Historical Trust over today. Good news. We are allowed to line the inside of the house, fit doors instead of windows where required, and generally make all the changes and upgrades we had in mind. Even skylights are allowed. The lady even suggested that we do not rebuild the missing decks and verandas. We will however rebuild the verandas on the western side.

The one little problem is that the grounds are regarded as an archaeological site, and we are not even allowed to put a fence up without approval. That puts the revamp of the cookhouse on the back burner. I will need to survey the whole section and draw full plans of everything I want to do, even long term projects, like a garage. Nothing can be done till we are settled in there. Fortunately, the sheds I will put up will not interfere with the artifacts, and i will just go ahead with that.

We had out telephone disconnected in Cambridge, so we will do the BIG move tomorrow. That means we will try to sleep there tomorrow night. If we manage that, we will report from Base Jackson.

Good night