The stair hole's done

We have finished knocking through the hole for the stairs.  We actually finished the knocking through yesterday after a full day at it (that's the stage shown in the photo.  Then this morning Bob got the angle grinder to the stones that were well-embedded in the wall that's staying, but stuck out into the stair hole.  That done, we have both spent the afternoon re-building it!  Don't worry, there weren't any disasters, but we had to 'make good' the edges and fill in gaps - doesn't sound much, but it took us until 7pm.  It's a bit scrappy looking now, but also looks fairly solid.  Most of it will get a layer of our rough plaster like the kitchen and bedroom - angle ground (angle grinded?) edges don't look at all pretty so need covering up.  This will then blend into the painted-only stones that will make up the hall side of the wall.  We have had a few very long days of real hard work and are both now a bit achy and knackered!!  Oh, for a hot bath! 

Tomorrow we are off to defend our title as quiz champions at the Smallholders Group - should be a laugh and everyone brings lovely food!  I hope they don't mix the teams up because I think we owe our win last year more to our team-mates than ourselves.