The passage of time in Wellington and elsewhere
Day two of the new routine. A beautiful morning to explore some areas near the house that we have not been to before.
We also enjoyed the watching two fighter jets on a training run. Lots of noise and some low flying at one point.
Listen to the noise:
And follow the small dots across the sky:
I chose to put some guttering up to hopefully help with the drainage and wetness under the barns. Plus to collect water for the future growing zone.
I am quite pleased with the results. It does work after some tinkering.
Certainly cheaper me doing it than using the professionals.
Just to document activity at St. Gilles
So the men are in putting a new false wall in room 4- to improve the insulation and start our moves to change the room. The other is to fill a whole in the wall following the removal of the old hot water tank. However, the insulation was of poor quality and so is being replaced fully.
Let’s hope it is worth it in terms of added comfort and lower power bills
A couple of weeks ago now- late again. But EQ’s first visit to the world renowned capital, with a contribution from mum.
Friday evening was one of those classic(cheesy?) boat trips on the Seine. But good fun and added entertainment of disagreements amongst the staff!
Looking at spending more money- really need to put gutters up on th back the house to deal with water underneath I think. But….££
We parked up by the lake again and this time walked to L’abbaye de bon repos and back. The terrain was no easier overall. A energetic 12Km.
Back to the garden.
As the land gets so wet in the autumn and winter such that, the pond area overflows with water and the area adjacent becomes the supplementary pond, we decided to put in plants that should tolerate the water well and fight the overwhelming grass. So to a wet garden zone.
The first stage has been to clear the area of grass: cutting first and digging out the roots next. And so the area looks like:
So the earth is prepared and we await the new plants- about 300euro worth!
Let’s hope it works.
A scorching day – 32C and time to try out the locale after spending so much time doing jobs.
Only just over 5km but a lot of effort in the heat. Lunch at Beau Rivage.
An update on how the pond is looking, from time to time.
It does need some help with the removal of algae and pond weed by using the net and stepping in.
It has been a slow process but the new kitchen has been installed. Work still to do but it does make for a significant improvement.
From the choosing of the new kitchen months ago, to the removal of the old, living with the microwave as a friend and the basin tap, sanding the floors to the new set up. A lot of time and effort and stress in organising the repairs of the walls after my damage in removing the tiles and the plumber and electrician.
So the state of destruction:
To the progress of renewal:
