Category Archives: Autumn 2008

Woke up to Blue skies again..yippee!!! We were hoping that was the case so we could get our walk into Cirque D’Anglade which starts just by the old mine. We headed up to the barn first to do a quick … Continue reading →

Floor boards, floorboards, floorboards…but now we have a first floor in the annex. We spent the vast majority of the day laying floor boards. The petrol lantern was brilliant and worked a treat in allowing us to see what we … Continue reading →

As it was Sunday we had a lie in and a leisurely morning with egg window for brekky, one of Al’s specialities…yummy delicious. Ekke popped around so Al could help him with some rope work, hanging from the balcony etc. … Continue reading →

Catering tonight for Annie, Peter and Alison and pizza is on the menu so put a mix in the bread machine before we left the gite destined for the grange. Another day of fettling walls. Having got the framework for … Continue reading →

Spoke to Clive early to ask him if he could arrange a delivery of ballast for us. He has a contact with a 4×4 lorry who can deliver on site. He can’t get it over the bridge but can dump … Continue reading →

Woke early and went straight up to the grange. The more time we spend putting a roof on the little out house the more we think that it would make a really cosy place to sleep. First off finished spragging … Continue reading →

First time I have been let lose on the blog this time…change in the weather the mist was low down on the mountains and there was a constant drizzle all morning. So we made a plan to go to the … Continue reading →

Started straight on with the front wall of the out house. The building would have originally been for the shepherd to live in for some of the year while the beasts lived in the main barn. I think they were … Continue reading →

Started by driving up to the mines to see if we could find an Orange mobile signal to get the new internet key to work. No joy on that front but we did bump in to the Mayor. After the … Continue reading →

In the begining Having arrived in Salau yesterday evening about six, we unpacked the van of stuff for the gite in the village, cooked, ate and went to bed knackered. This morning we drive the works Toyota over the bridge … Continue reading →