Peter is still laid up so its all hands to the pump

Back at La Rochelle airport again, after a tiring weekend, but we managed to get almost everything done that we needed to. Jean Luc should be busy putting down the new wooden floor in the 1st bedroom as I write. This of course means that Peter and Jean-Luc were not in Sigogne on Friday doing the floor. Peter is still in hospital under going more tests, he is not a well man at the moment and we wish him all the best for a quick recovery, we miss you, and not just for the work you do for us.

Mean while back at the coal face Franca made a good start at getting the final base coats of paint on and I finished off all the top coats in the first en-suite so that Jean-Luc has a clear run at the flooring, so we are almost down to creating a snagging list and working our way through it. Peter was not completely finished when he was taken ill, so on the top of the list is finish off installing the shower. The new floor will be completed just in time for the arrival of the bed, which will be delivered and ‘installed’ tomorrow then it should start to look more like a bedroom and less like a building site.

Fleur’s school had a fete on Saturday afternoon and Franca volunteered to help, she got the job of looking after Fleur’s favourite game, catch the ducks, so with mother-in-law looking after Fleur at the Fete when Franca was busy it gave me time to press on with the decorating, so I got a lot done, it looks pretty good even though I say so my self. New pictures appearing soon…

A pallet appeared on the door step on Friday packed full of towels bedding tablecloths and other linen for the B&B from a good friend of Franca’s who works in the business. We should give Anja and the company she works for Blycolin in the Netherlands big thank you for putting this together for us, mind you I’m not entirely sure what we are going to do with 105 face flannels in a B&B that will max out at around 14 guests, we won’t run out in a hurry. Anyway thanks Anja (and Mich) for arranging this for us, we are very grateful.

This is Fleurs last full week of school before September, it seems strange that she has already managed to complete one term of school in France, so Franca has to steal herself for the summer holidays and keeping Fleur entertained until the 4th of September. Fleur is also going on her first school trip this week, something else Franca is going along to, I’m not sure if this in case the teachers do not understand Fleur, or Franca is a willing victim/pressed volunteer.

Christian and Martine, friends/colleagues of Peter, came over on Saturday to deliver the quote for the roof and explain what they are going to do, which basically entails taking the tiles off one by one checking if they ‘ring’ or not, those that ring can stay the rest are scrap being replaced by new ones. They also have to remove all the wood supporting the tiles and starting again. Despite Peter being laid up at the moment Christian thinks it will still only take 2 weeks but I think I am going to add a rather large fudge factor and it will take just over 3 weeks, weather permitting, so now I just have to find €15,000.00, any one want to by a 4 year old Jaguar S-Type..... That money was our swimming pool fund, so I am going to have to think of some creative ways to earn enough money to get a pool installed next year.