Only Two Things are Certain in Life - Well, Perhaps not Taxes - 30 Oct - 2 Nov, 2018
This is almost certainly our last visit of the year - and a long way to come for just two full days. We set out at around 6pm on Tuesday night, stayed in Folkstone and then up at 4am to get the 5:50 Channel Tunnel crossing. The trip down was without incident but felt long. We arrived in Uzerche at around 3pm and immediately hit one of the local supermarkets. Then the short drive to the house. Everything was in a good state - and no maggots this time. I'd drained the heating system at the end of my last visit - so we were relying on a couple of electric heaters, a butane heater and a new 14 tog duvet. So why come down at this time of year for such a short stay and when I'd already prepped the house for winter? There were a number of factors: We both had leave available We were both missing the place Whilst I'd generally prepped the house for winter, the one thing I hadn't done was to drain the hot water tank (I'd tried but hadn't been able to figur