Monthly Archives: October 2009

Another stormy night and we woke up to rain but this soon cleared up and the donkeys reappeared, so not sure whether Olivier has got the message about them escaping yet. We looked at options for water catchment and what … Continue reading →

After a stormy night, we woke up to mixed weather sunshine and showers. We decided to tackle making a holder for the container which catches any excess liquid from the composting toilet. Al had recycled some old crates yesterday so … Continue reading →

A windy night but still very warm. Nice to be able to have brekky outside, still having lots of brambles with cereals to get us going in the morning. I spent the morning sorting out work stuff while Al pottered … Continue reading →

After an excellent sleep, not even the howling wind woke me…Al had to get up in the middle of the night to put the window back in. I heard nothing. The weather had obviously changed, it was really warm with … Continue reading →

Had a lie in which was lovely. Woke up eventually to a lovely morning, clear blue skies and not quite as chilly as yesterday. After brekky and sorting e mails we cleared the route to where we are hopin to … Continue reading →

More sunshine yippee!!! Spent all morning assembling the ladder which we had begun yesterday. We got the idea from the chalet in Chamonix re having the ladder hinged to the wall to create more space….very important in our little home. … Continue reading →

Well not actually stairs but in the afternoon we did set to building a ladder up to the Mezzanine. No more dodgey stepladders to get in and out of bed. We managed to cut all the wood ready to assemble … Continue reading →

A leisurely start We had a good brekky with lots of goodies to enjoy. Then off we trundled to Bastide de Serou to find the market. A very small market but I mananged to find some lovely Brebis cheese for … Continue reading →