Here are the first two 1m long end pieces, resting on my test pieces of a few weeks back.
I so wish that I had stripped the bark while it was still wet, after less than a month it is now PITA to strip it off.
I can’t quite get my head around what size gap there will between the courses. I suspect the largest of those knotty bits will need cutting back.
To strip the bark, mark up and cut both ends of one board took 90 mins.