Monthly Archives: June 2008

A grey day so we shelved the plans to walk up the Cirque D’Anglade. Instead we sorted out packing and cleaning the gite. Took a few things up to the barn to leave here and make the place secure. Back … Continue reading →

A leisurely start with sunshine. Restarted the fir and loaded up the mixer to return to Annie’s place. En route we called by the skip and scavenged some underground conduit which will prove useful later (a habit I get from … Continue reading →

You guessed it! It rained! Again rekindled the fire. Determined not to waste the cement and ballast we persevered with mixing concrete. This time concentrating on the walls on the river side of the barn. Part of the rationale for … Continue reading →

 First off, rekindle the fire to burn more waste wood. With about half a dozen bags of cement left over and a load of ballast we searched for places to use it. Having dug stones out of the inside wall … Continue reading →

More unstable weather threatened in the morning so we tacked more of the outdoor jobs that could be dropped at a moments notice. Started off by lighting a fire to get shot of the wood not worth keeping and chainsawing … Continue reading →