Monthly Archives: May 2009

As we were invited to lunch at Alison and Peter’s we decided to potter about for a couple of hours in the morning. Fairly bright with a few clouds and odd showers. Had a bit of a sort out of … Continue reading →

A hot day which clouded over later and we had a small storm which cleared the air.   The morning was spent; guess what? Pointing up joints in walls. After a couple of mixes we finished the second wall (fortunately … Continue reading →

A real scorcher of a day and so much so that the water we heat in the solar bags was almost too hot and we nearly needed to add cold water!!! The morning was spent again with the dreaded pointing … Continue reading →

      Day off YIPPEE!!! After a restless night with deflating lilo which needed constantly pumping up….moving back to the old ones which manage to stay up for the whole night!!! Absoloutely gorgeous day so we headed off to … Continue reading →

Woke up to blue sky which stayed for most of the day which was great not to be in the drizzle to work. I shifted the sand up to the barn while Al got a mix going on the ongoing … Continue reading →

Bit of a shock to wake to the alarm but we knew we had a busy day ahead in the bright lights of St Girons. Good day to go to town as it was heavy drizzle all day. We collected … Continue reading →

A glorious lie in until 9 thirty; muggy weather but dry.   Felt like we had to break the back of the pointing up walls in the outhouse so got straight onto it (after my morning coffee). Henri (le mayor) … Continue reading →

Arrival and cleaning of Water Storage Containers No wind to disturb us overnight and sunshine to bring in the new day. We started with sawing up some wood near the bridge and then dug out a load of saplings which … Continue reading →

A very windy night and disturbed sleep as doors blew open, sheets of iron flew about and cardboard flew about the inside of the building. Scrambled egg on toast is such a great way to start the day.   We … Continue reading →

As we were due to be in Salau to go to the picnic by noon we had a constructive couple of hours digging out weeds and digging in compost at the rear of the main barn. Planted the red current … Continue reading →