This week really proved a real test, the weather was bad and the work tricky.  I also  had to work by myself for most of the week, which is not fun at all, as the daily sarcasm sometimes helps one over the pain threshold...
But at the end of the week, the sun was out and Raphael Beil was back, in my view, he is the Mathew Pinsent of the stonecarving world, you really want him in your team...
( sorry , this reference probably only get the Brits..)

 We  are at the stage, where we move through various stages of smoothing down the surface, a laborious and very time consuming stage ....

And our little set up here in the quarry has finally greened over...