Friday, April 16, 2004
Saint Benoit-Joseph
Suberb weather today, not too hot (well warm enough to remove my shirt) but ideal to get some outdoor gardening jobs done. After wine shopping this morning (most important) Caroline has been mowing and planting lettuce and onions in the veg patch.
Split a few of the tree trunk slices from Wednesday. I just do a couple a day cos spliting oak logs by hand is hard work, but very economical.
Finished the soakaway and plumbed in the grey water supply. Turfed over the top and you'd never know I'd been there. I also took the opertunity to spread a load more gravel over the fosse and pipes to make it a little more 'attractive'. A friend advised me to place a tarpualin (with holes) over the tank so it makes it much easier to uncover in the future.
We had 15 tonnes of gravel delivered a week or so ago and I keep moving a few trailer loads using the ride-on tractor, but the pile doesn't seem to be getting any smaller. Hopefully one day it will just magically disappear.
We all went for lunch in Evran and had a very lazy and tasty meal. buffet starter, main course, cheese and desert all for 9 euros 50 including wine. The children ate for 5 euros each (again a three course meal). The children are more used to three courses at lunchtime than us because they do it everyday at school. The French seem to start educating the palate before they can read and write.
Started reading the 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel last night.
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