Friday Thank heavens, it’s finally happening. With the door widened and the house not having fallen down, we can make a start on the plastering. I was already awake, watching Casualty, when I heard Matt. He definitely has a ‘Uh, French speaking people’ tone. Thing is he’s actually really good now at knowing what’s happening, he just doesn’t trust himself. So it’s a nice couple and they’re pretty on it

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Monday Big day today, the new masons are coming over. Of course I was still in bed, apparently Matt woke me up half an hour later than he’d expected, but a good 10mins more than I was prepared for (8:40am – 7:40 my time as I still work on UK working time). Unfortunately, as the vans roll in Matt rushes up to pull me out of bed. So I emerge

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Saturday There’s an antiques market down in Luchon this weekend so we are off to go and investigate. It was pretty small and extraordinarily expensive but worth a look. We then had a long walk around town to see what was around in the summer. We thought we might pop into Loz and Seb’s bar, until I realised that I didn’t actually remember the name of it, Tommy’s maybe, or

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Monday Matt got up to find Meow and Grumps taking in the morning sun on the veranda. Generally a busy day as expecting the new project to land and we have a bid due on Wednesday, seems however that it is now going to be delayed to the end of the week so looks like it will be an interesting weekend again. Matt did make a little time however to

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Wednesday Busy day of work but had a quick look around the garden. The Zinnias are now starting to come out along with the calendula and capucine (nastertiums). I was otherwise busy working trying to catch up on things. Matt however managed to find some time finally to collect up some of the many plums that are incredibly ripe. One of the trees at the end of the meadow however

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Saturday We’re almost fortunate that the weather has gone rather grey again as there is a lot of work to be done in the house before the plumber comes on Monday. Water pipes run and fed from the kitchen ceiling, under Room 3’s floor to the pink bathroom and round the corner ready for the new sink. Next to run them across the bathroom for the bath and into Room

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Tuesday Travelling day. First up, a quick Lat Flow test. It seems that we don’t need to be tested before the flight but would seem irresponsible not to double check. Thankfully it was clear, otherwise I’d have to get a rapid result PCR to confirm. Time for a quick nap before last meetings and calls before we make our move. We’re not entirely sure what is awaiting us at the

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