The new insulation arrives!

As part of our project to redo the attic, our 3 rolls of high tech 'isolation mince' arrived this afternoon! Woo-hoo! Ordered it last Friday and we had a quick call from the carrier this morning for directions to find Pissou and voilà - arrived tout de suite! More than can be said for Andy's skis that he ordered from Germany over 2 weeks ago and which, according to their online tracking system, have been on the van for delivery no less than 7 times since then! We have left our landline number and mobile number, have spoken to the depot in Toulouse but still no skis and no telephone call either! We know Pissou is a bit off the beaten track, but a simple phone call from the driver would have solved everything - appalling service and Andy is ready to puncture the delivery vehicle's tyres when it eventually arrives (promised tomorrow, apparently!). Update to follow!

So this afternoon I popped down to Foix (well, a 40 minute drive actually) to get 'stuff'. I actually failed to return with any of the items that I went for (bathroom tiles, fabric for curtains, wall lights for the bedroom - all impossibly hard to find!) but did locate a lovely little 'brocante' in Foix at which I found a 1910 chest of drawers and what looks like a wardrobe but is actually a cupboard with flexible shelving inside! And I even got some money off and delivery included, so billy bargain, I say! At last, it looks like we can get some of our clothing put away and out of sight. While I was out, Andy got the finishing coat of plaster put on the bathroom wall and much better it looks too :-)


Andy cooked pigeon for tea tonight, loosely based on a SW France recipe from one of his books - yummy it was too. The €3.90 bottle of 'Cecilia' red wine went down a treat with it too. The follow up bottle of €3.50 Cotes du Rhone Villages is not bad either!



Apart from all that, another front came over yesterday and the temperature plumetted from 30+ degrees down to 14 degrees today with overcast skies but fortunately no rain. Forecast for the next few days is clear and around 20 Deg C so plenty of scope for cycling, running, climbing or whatever. Can't wait to get out. Our neighbour, Claudine, is back here for a couple of weeks with her dog and Taff is chuffed to bits to have his playmate back! They are so funny together. He is keeping my feet warm under the desk as I type this :-)