a good start to the plan, we thought ….

Blog 30 / November 2015

 

 

 

 

Here are our Grandchildren in Canada saying thank you for the clothes I stitched up on a sewing Wednesday. I was a little nervous that they would not fit but it seems all is well. It is perhaps a good thing that they are so far away as I would be sewing for them all the time and then I can foresee the day when they start to wish I didn’t.  Homemade clobber from Nona now and then, is good for me and fun for them. We posted a little parcel to Canada and Australia on the   17^th November and Canada was delivered on the 23^rd in less than a week, well done La Poste, good job…..

 

 

Mike started a little project that is turning into an epic. We are clearing the area that started off as the French style potager, then became the hen enclosure and now, about to become the camper park. We have had a plan to knock down a lean-to at the back of the barn to make a covered camper park but this new vision Mike has, of putting it behind the barn is a much better idea..

 

In 2013 we moved the chickens from their enclosure where they benefited from the best views of our garden into an area of potager that was not sunny enough for growing. Mike built them a lovely new enclosure with a weather proof top and a fox proof surround and we were all very pleased with it. Their old enclosure became our garden terrace so now, we benefit from the view. I am not going to replace the hens I have now and we are happy to keep them for their good looks and self-sufficiency appeal so we are ready to clear the area and make way for the camper.

 

The chickens are still able to scratch around and they are now extremely happy as I have given them the poly tunnel for the winter and until we have finished our work out here they can stay there in 5 star conditions

 

 

 

 

 

I always give the hens the tunnel for the winter and they have their very own little winter entrance but this year we have put their house in as well, ao everything is tropical, dry and comfortable. Their only job now is to clear the beds, eat up all the fallen tomatoes and be happy

 

 

 

We’re moving the pepper shed over beside the poly tunnel and this area becomes surprisingly big. This will also give Mike a dry and useable area once the port is in place should he want to work on his cars outside in the summer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had an invite to lunch with Graham and Ann and decided to take a walk up to the chateaux at the top of their road to see a bit of real live filming going on.

 

 

 

The filming was for a documentary about the activities in Neuville as the Germans came in from the DDay Beaches and all the actors and extras were dressed in period with military vehicles, children and cars to make it look extremely authentic.

 

 

 

Ann and I had our eye out for a bit of dressing up inspiration as we stood and watched the action as it happened. The director came over to ask us to move out of shot and when he realised we were English he shook our hands and we had a short chat about the film that was for the discovery channel and will be out in about a years’ time, I felt like I was on a Spielberg set, and so did he, but it was fun and a jolly nice thing to do on a Sunday pre-lunch walk.

 

And finally another bon coin special. Mike has been looking for a concrete BBQ to go up in the trolley bay garden but as always didn’t want to pay a lot, so, when he saw this for 30 euro he jumped. It was actually only the bottom and the chimney for sale and Mike was prepared to make up the missing bits but when we arrived all the bits were there and although a couple are broken Mike is going to mend them and we will have our BBQ for very little money and a lot of fun getting there. You will notice the scaffolding up on the barn and that is in prep for a roof recover now scheduled for April but getting the access built, was a good start to the plan, we thought ….