The last few days

Well, after a slow start to the week we were making progress and then brought to our knees by a dreadful French strain of a cold.

We managed to work through it Thursday but Friday we were unable to move. I managed to visit the bank to so some stuff out and the chemist to get drugs to alleviate our symptoms. It's a rare occasion when Phil stays in bed! So a subdued Valentines day for us.

Yesterday we got up and Phil was on a mission. How he got as much done I really don't know. At lunchtime after some more (and almost finishing) Celotexing our bedroom to be I went for a lie down. Phil carried on for as long as he could then we both crashed out. However this morning I woke up and we both felt we had turned a corner. So, still sniffing and coughing we have managed to get some work done. Without resisting the urge to crack a corny one, here is a photo of Phil getting plastered at 10am on a Sunday morning. 

So the ceiling in the en suite is all plastered and after yesterday's efforts the towel heater is in.

A last we can dry towels.

Today has been beautiful. Blue sky and sunshine urged me to go to the boulangerie for pain and croissants. I always seem to get there too late for croissants and I mentioned this to the lady Boulanger. She told me I had to order them! Doh. So I have ordered two chocolatines for tomorrow morning.

The whole day has been beautiful with just a couple of showers but we have been sitting outside in warm sunshine - this is more like our picture!

Tomorrow we plan to attack the wall and remove the mortar and then sand blast it.

Here is a before view and also the compressor and sand blaster we are going to use. We decided against using soda in the end as we were told that a compressor this size would only power it for about one minute, as it requires a lot more air. The alternative was to spend thousands on an industrial compressor and even then the power in the house may not stand up to it. More news on this after we have tried it.

 

Hopefully now we are on the mend we will start to make some headway. 

As Phil says we expect to see a significant difference in the next week. Watch this space.

Love to you all - our thoughts especially with anyone that has been affected by the atrocious weather and flooding that the South West is being batted with at the moment.

Xx