The day has finally arrived. The crew is all here. We have our friend David helping to slog buckets of mud up the hill to the house, so he, Andre and I are the mud-runners. Deirdre is the plaster mixer. Justin is our sprayer, accompanied by his assistant "the other Andre", which means the original Andre becomes "Hutch" for the duration of the plastering. Dale and Sean are the trowellers.
It is the smallest crew Dierdre has ever assembled.
The plaster mix is 50/50 sand and cement/lime, mixed with the right amount of water and a little bit of fibreglass for binding.
First though, we take delivery of the sand, which comes in a dump-truck, followed by two pallets absolutely full of 60 lb. bags of lime/cement. My knees grow week. Undaunted we are!!
