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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Picnic Invite & Roast Chicken
The day started overcast so Breezy and I set to filling the last of the large gaps in the walls of the outhouse with stones. The theory being that we have loads of stones and we have to pay for … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2009, The Project
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Fix the toilet vent and more
It took most of the morning for me to get all the supplies up to the barn while Al sorted the pipe-work for the outbuilding. John and Shirley we think of you each time we use the Muck truck it … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2009, The Project
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OLD Door New Door
Another glorious day weather wise, so we set to with the door we had reclaimed from the skip to make it fit the outbuilding, a lot easier than building a door from scratch. We now have quite a reasonable door … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2009, The Project
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Scrabble & Sausage
We woke up to low cloud but this soon cleared to be a lovely day weather wise. The morning we spent in the outbuilding, cleaning the walls and de vegging the place it looked a bit like a very neglected … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2009, The Project
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Install in the barn
Tree Felling and Open Vista Made the use of the hot shower before heading off in overcast weather but dry. We made a couple of stops on the way through to the barn to say hello to a few people. … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2009, The Project
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Solar PV workshop
Our aim today was to get to just south of Perpignan and meet Nigel who deals with solar products and said he would set up a work shop for us to help us get started. We arrived there for 11am … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2009, The Project
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Left Chamonix
After a morning of sorting the apartment and paying bills in Chamonix, we headed south around midday. We were planning to stay with John another Chamonix connection who has a place just off the autoroute near Bezier so we thought … Continue reading
Posted in Spring 2009, The Project
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Ski Breezy
