New tower roof

It was time to repair the conical roof of our tower.   The tiles were falling off and looking tatty, and there was evidence of leaks.   We engaged a local roofer, he lives in the village and does good work.   Since we're in an SPR "Site de Patrimoine Remarquable" the local state architects had their say, but OK'd the project in the end.

Days one and two, the scaffolding went up, the old chimney came down, and the tiles came off.  The finial was interesting; it was full of holes (.22 cailbre) that you couldn't see from the ground.  Apparently the local hunters used them as target practice. 

The pile of leaves you can see in the first picture is Wisteria that we had to cut away to make room for the scaffolding and to get it off the roof.   Something else of note is that the price estimate had to be increased due to the rocketing price of building materials.