Painting and tiling and other stuff

The last few days we have been hard at it, trying to finish one room completely. We're not there yet but it's getting closer.

The ceiling has been plastered, painted and the tiles are going up. I have grouted the shower area so that the cubicle can go I tomorrow and we can at last have a shower. I am so looking forward to that.

 

We bought some purple mosaic tiles to have a couple of vertical lines running down but have twice forgotten to leave space for them and once we tried to fix them but as they are a different depth and a bit tricky we are leaving the gap to do afterwards.

Yesterday we emptied the van totally and then filled it with stuff to take to the tip. This was our first tip to the dechetterie. It took ages to unload everything especially as I started talking to an English couple who have been in the area since July. She originated from Stonehouse, not a million miles away and very close to Phil's daughter. They lived in Montpelier (south of France, not Bristol) previously and said it is just so hot there. The winters though are just as cold as here albeit a little bit shorter but the climate here is just right so we have so much to look forward to. I had heard before that the south can be just too hot and humid too so hopefully we have made a good choice.

After a bit of tiling yesterday we loaded up the van again, this time destined for a charity depot in Ruffec. It's called Emmaus and is a great place. They have sales most Saturdays and sometimes onWednesdays  and there are sections where you can buy tiles, cookers, retro, clothing etc etc. it will be worth a trip once we have got rid of all the crap we have inherited. The chap there helped us unload the van which was brilliant. We emptied the middle room where all the charity stuff was being stored so we now have space to move around outside and in the house. It automatically feels better having cleared so much clutter. Then after a supermarket run we went and filled the now empty van with flooring. Very exciting buying new stuff. We're not ready for it yet but we are making headway and it won't be too long now. It has to be laid in our 'bedroom' to be before we come back to the UK.

By way of celebration we went to the pizza man in the square who makes wonderful pizzas in a wood oven in his van. He is apparently at the lake throughout the summer season and has tables and chairs there with an extended menu. something else to look forward to. We visited the lake area back in September. its a beautiful outside area people can fish and in the summer can bathe.

 Whilst pizza was cooking we went to Chez David for a couple of glasses of rosé before picking up our pizza and taking it back to the house. We are on our way to getting our 13th pizza free!