Furniture at last!

As promised the very nice 'brocante' man from Foix (complete with 2 helpers!) turned up at 09.45 this morning with our wardrobe thingy and chest of drawers. He looked at our wee staircase and reckoned the wardrobe would go up it. Wrong! After a fair bit of huffing and puffing it became apparent that there was no way it was going to get round the tight turn in the stairs. So we got the ladder up and in it came through the bedroom window - yay! The 4 drawer chest of drawers on the other hand came up no problem.

But the partition wall between the bathroom and bedroom needs to be plastered before we can put the furniture up, so this afternoon, Andy had another battle with the dreaded French plaster. As usual, it seems to be full of grit which we have concluded is actually little pieces of plaster that has 'gone off' in the bag (although it doesn't seem to matter whether a new bag or an opened bag is used!). So instead of his normal smooth finish, the wall is covered in streaky, grit-created lines which we will probably have to go over with patching plaster or something - nightmare! So it is going to be tomorrow before I can paint the wall and then we will be able to put our new furniture up and get the clothes put away. I am sure it will be worth it.

We then had an early evening walk with the dog up to the Cap du Carmil (see below) where the cloud was down which made it very atmospheric. There were still loads of bilberries up there but we didn't have the time or the inclination to pick the tiny little berries. We also contemplated the possibility of searching the woods up there for shrooms when conditions are right. We also came across a small troupeau of Merens horses including a couple of foals up there. They are very similar to the fell pony, with their long mane and black colouring - sturdy mountain horses!

Home made pizza for tea - mmm yummy