Windy Thursday, shelterless pigs

Most of the UK has been buffeted by unusually strong winds today, and we've had our share here. Though nothing like the severe storm conditions further north (70-80mph in some towns and cities in Scotland, and 165mph on the top of Cairngorm), there's quite a bit of local damage such as overturned animal housing and damaged trees.
One of our heavy pig shelters has been migrating today and finally ended up in the neighbouring paddock, having been lifted clean over the stock fence. Therefore I opened up the fence between the two pig paddocks to let them all shelter together tonight; it'll be snug! It's the first time the boar has been in with the fattening pigs, so let's hope they get on OK. He's not trained to the electric fence yet so had already pranged his nose a couple of times before I'd come in tonight, rooting about to look for gaps in the fences.
For the bricklayers it's been a demanding one. They kept going through the day and are working on the over-window arches. They've made good progress on what can't have been a comfortable day up on the scaffolding. The heavens opened around dusk, but fortunately I think they had just about packed up by then.

Building update - walls rising

Walls up to mid-window level - End of week 3

The project has really moved on again this week and it's almost hard to remember what it was like a week ago. The focus all through the week has very much been upon the walls, which are now up to head height and the internal walls have also been constructed to the same level. Weather's been pretty good again, just a bit windy early in the week, and some occasional showers. Can't complain for late November / early December. May the luck continue.
The plan is that the extension should be enclosed (i.e. a battened roof) by the time the builders break for Christmas / New Year, but that will largely depend upon whether the weather holds. Then once the roof proper is in place and the work has moved inside, we will be altogether less dependent upon what's happening with the elements.

For the week ahead: Work will continue with raising the walls and building above window height. The arches will need to be build over the windows and doors and hopefully the joists will go on late in the week.

Internal walls added