Friday, July 16, 2004
Swings and bales
N.-D. du Mont-Carmel
We had a nice family day at the beach in Saint Columbe today with a picnic. Misty at the start of the day but it burnt off after lunchtime and turned out to be a really pleasent afternoon. However, the gites don't run themselves, so on the way back we stopped in St Malo to buy a new children's swing for the play area. We have already got two swings, but the smaller baby swing is getting a bit tired and rusty, so we decided to replace it with a new sturdy wooden framed construction. That will be a job for next week to concrete in the posts.
Once we got back this evening the farmers were out baling the straw from yesterdays wheat harvest. Caroline said that she helped at baling time on a farm when she was younger. Back when they had square bales, not these huge round things nowadays. She did remember tho' that the baling machine was always breaking down, so maybe the round balers are preferred just for this reason.
Swings and bales
