Lizards, Bats and Bumble Bees - Tuesday 12 June, 2018


Great day today. A full day of work from 9:00 till 18:30, Sally was stripping the wallpaper in the kitchen; a pig of a job by all accounts as there were multiple layers of paper and some atypical adhesives in in use. For my part I was painting some of the doors and windows' metal work (hinges etc) black. I also hung the finally fully painted ground floor front shutters and painted the window frame in the kitchen.

Sally saw one of our house lizards for the first time; this on top of us definitely being buzzed by a bat last night – and, on a less positive note, it appears we have bumble bees nesting in our walls – time for a bit of internet research as we don’t want to do them any more harm than we need to.



The Ground Floor Shutter Finally Painted.
Inside and Out.
Our dustbins were also finally delivered today – soon I’ll be trying to translate the accompanying letters to ensure we comply with requirements when it comes to using the right coloured ‘sacs’ etc.  
After a full day’s work we headed back to Malemort (30 Kms away) to visit the local Leroy Merlin (LM) – an ambition of Sally’s. LM is basically a B&Q Warehouse. Lots of tools, kitchens, showers, flooring, etc. I suspect we’l be getting LM kitchen units once the house is rewired.

Tomorrow, the plan is to get up early and get over to Bordeaux and IKEA. This will be a full day as it is a fair old run – I’ll let you know just how far, tomorrow.

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