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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Chris Cooked, new Pup
A large lie in after a 2.30am finish from the antics the night before. We woke up to the sun shining always lovely. A few errands in the am and a visit to see Daniella’s new pup a border collie … Continue reading
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Breezys Birthday
Took 2 vehicles to St Girons as Chris was keen to be a tourist for the day. Breezy and I had a list of things to do and buy which took slightly longer than anticipated so we missed the market … Continue reading
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Snow
The sun finally shone but wow was it cold after the snow getting down to 1200m, a tad parky to say the least. We had a very successful day today and achieved loads. Chris collected an extra scaff tower from … Continue reading
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Logs & Pulleys
We spoke to Clive the evening before and he said that we would see him at lunchtime after he finished off another job. Hans and I started to shift the large floor beams into the building while Breezy used the … Continue reading
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Solving Problems
Very grey day with loads of rain over night and we still need to get the gravel up to behind the barn, not sure if the truck will make it up in the boggy conditions, we will see. Al loaded … Continue reading
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Second Delivery
Delivery Day 2 and the truck had arrived at the end of the track before us and had already started unloading masses of materials….and we were just beginning to ponder just how long shifting all of it was going to … Continue reading
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First Delivery
Delivery day…will they won’t they drop the materials on the land? I was hopeful but to no avail as Monsieur Cazale was determined that end of the 4X4 track was as far as he was going. Not an ideal start … Continue reading
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Sunday Preparation
So… it was a Sunday morning and so we did not set an alarm. Add the fact that we had early beers last night and then some gin while cooking, and lastly some wine over scrabble. Needless to say Breezy … Continue reading
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New Arival by Chris
Up to and including then anyway. Well…! We all seemed to have got up this morning. There was a loud guffaw from ‘the other room’ early on, (what I meant was early, as in not near to lunchtime but not … Continue reading
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Ski Breezy
