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The weather has been amazing over the last couple of days, we had the big paddling pool out for Fleur and the water temperature reached 29 degrees yesterday. At the hottest part of the day the temps reach 35 degrees again, wonderful. We filled a large trailer full of rubble yesterday and luckily I started early before the real heat got going. When we got to the tip we were told we should not bring more than 2 cubic meters per day, I think the trailer had about 10 cubic meters but we got away with it, then it was back home home for cold water and cold beers.

Part of the rubble was from room 3 where my labour of love has begun as can be seen from this photo. My estimate of 5 days was a little over the top as this is the result of 5 hours work so far. Based on progress s far I have another 15 hours work to go which is not as bad as I originally thought. So after another cup of tea it was upstairs with the hammer and chisel to carry on stripping.

It is was also Fleur's first day back at school today and she was very reluctant to go, she has got used to being around us all the time in the long summer holidays the French schools have, but in the end she went back again without too much problem. She is now in the bigger class, le Grand Section, so she now has to be there all day from 8:45 to 11:45 then 1:15 to 4:15, not bad for a four and a half year old.