


The passage of time in Wellington and elsewhere




End if the day after working in the open barn.
It is colder today after some unseasonable warm weather. It has been raining and the wind has taken more of the leaves off the trees.
The race arrives on Friday with part of the route through St. Gilles vieux marché.

And the local route:


It is currently warm and dry. The grass is growing more slowly; which is good.
We are working on the wild flower development with some small success. More seeding done after grass removal with the expectation that we will achieve some flowering success.
There are some flowers out that the insects like.




The apple and pear trees have blossom, so more than others but a success all the same.
Another tree is being collected tomorrow to add to the collection and complete thecircle
The shipping container with the items we sent back from NZ arrived in Rotterdam about two weeks ago and turned up at the house yesterday in a big lorry. Not so much stuff, bit still, along with beds and memory boxes, the kitchen table which has been back and forth over the last 20 plus years in back in place.

Shaz’s dream has been constructed. A high quality item made in Finistère which is more robust than the ones in the garden centre type places. After reading the insructions and watch the videos lots of times, she put it up with great success.


As previously noted the family home has been sold. The settlement is due soon.
The last day is done for us, spent cleaning by someone and packing the car and stuff by someone else.






So just about 20 years to the day.
The view still looks good.

Well, time to move on.
It was sold by auction- though there was only one bidder. So in reality negotiation done by the auctioneer.
The current market is certainly cooler than it has been. The local effects of the public sector job cuts seem apparent.
To the next phase.





Looking at spending more money- really need to put gutters up on th back the house to deal with water underneath I think. But….££