I KNOW, I KNOW...

I know I said no more knocking off of plaster, but I couldn't hep it! It came away in my hand!

When you discover this:

it makes you curious to know whether it could be turned into something like this.

So you do a bit of this

until you get this.

Then you either have to wait until Paul is free to do the same kind of pointing job he did on the second picture, or you have to read the chapter in the DIY book on pointing and have a go yourself.

This (below) is too much and will require you to either escalate the plaster removal to the entire wall and window surround or stop immediately and read the chapter on 'amateur plastering and the gentle art of botching it'

Oopsie.