But, as usual, such steps forward require a big surge of time and effort!! We then had to spend the rest of the day lifting each joist (they are three inches by nine inches and vary between four and five and half metres long - pretty heavy!!) from the pile outside, up about a metre and onto the walls that Gavin has been building. The view from on top of the joists is quite different from down on the floor of the barn!! And this is where the ground floor will be.