Water arrives at Laykin

The significant thing about this photo is that in September 2008 we had mains water to the house. You can see the metal cover at the bottom of the photo- it wasn't connected to the inside at this point but was a big step forward and was hard to arrange. We had to get permission and wayleaves sorted out, and a contractor to make a trench down from Turnip House above us.

Think it was around this time that our architect retired and we took the project on from the plans that he had prepared and started to look for builders in the area.

You can see Gunnerside in the distance.