Well, it had to happen....

... it was only a matter of time. We had a warning last week but nothing ever came of it, but this afternoon, well.... the heavens opened! The first rain we have had for 17 days accompanied by the always impressive thunder as it rattles down the valleys and bounces off the hillsides. Once the storm had passed over, the temperature must have been a good 10 degrees cooler which is not unusual for this mountain climate. The mountains were impressive as the storm cleared away....

But anyway, I digress! What have we been up to today? Hmm, now then, it started with the chainsawing (think of Andy as the Bruce Forsyth, and me as the Anthea Redfern of the process!) of various pieces of fallen wood that we managed to 'recover' from various nearby locations which has boosted our wood stockpile a tad, although we really need more to see us through the winter. It was a lovely warm (mid 20s) morning with clear blue sky which made for warm work. Andy's sweat continued as he attempted to repair/plug the gaps in the attic wall between our house and Claudine's next door using rubbish French 'cement' (I use the word loosely) and various sized stones/rocks that I managed to recover from outside. Oh the joy! And then, post lunch, oh yes, we set about the installation of the plasterboards above one of the half height beams, which we managed to complete by 6pm. So just the other side, above the beam, to do and all of the major plasterboarding will have been done. I think we will both be rather relieved when the job is done.

Had rabbit in the left over plum and apple sauce from the other night for tea - mmm, yummy