Friday, September 17, 2004
Now it gets personal
My battle with the moles enters a new phase. The traps have never caught anything and the smoke cartridges just seem to deter them for a few days so a neighbour has lent me two explosive mole killing devices. It consists of an small explosive charge, about the size of a biro top, with an electrical connection for detonation. The charge is placed in the gallery (mole run) and the firing mechanism sits on the surface activated by a plunger placed in the mole hill. The idea is that when the mole moves the earth in the hill the charge fires and bye bye mole. I've just set the two of them on a patch of lawn out of the front of the house. My neighbour swears by them, this year he hasn't had any moles at all.
Caroline has finished painting all the windows in Cerise and everything looks much better. A few coats of paint works wonders. I'm a real fan of French style windows. Because they open inwards it means you can clean and paint the outside without resorting to ladders. In addition they easily lift off the hinges so you can take them all downstairs and paint in the sunshine.
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Now it gets personal
