Rain Upsets Plans, 13 - 18 Sept.

 

We tried relaxing on Sunday but found it hard work and so couldn’t resist doing some of the jobs; painting windows, repairing plaster and relaying the Astro-Turf on the 'patio' (removed due to all the dust, flaking paint and paint drips from painting the window above) to allow us to get the loungers up and the BBQ out.

Monday through Friday I had my day job, but Sally pushed on with more painting of window frames, door frames and shutters. In the evenings I did some painting too, mainly painting the details (e.g. hinges) on doors, windows and shutters.

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After

Late Monday afternoon, we met up at the Café de France for a coffee with Marie, a member of a local Facebook Group I’d established. Very peasant lady who seemed to know just about everyone in Uzerche; including the previous owner of our house.

We had some good news on Tuesday. Our UK home insurer finally got back in touch with us after 3-weeks and a lot of chasing. It appears our policy allows us to be away for 60 consecutive days and not the 30 I had thought. So, we can stay longer than might have been the case. Now we need to plan a return date. Unfortunately for the insurer, their procrastination has meant I have been looking at other providers – so their renewal notice, due any time now, had better be competitive.


Storm

Late afternoon on Wednesday we had an unexpected thunderstorm and downpour. More storms are forecast for this evening and the weekend looks to be very wet (as does most of next week)– so much for heading to the horse event at Pompadour. At least it should be a good test of how waterproof the garage roof is. It did motivate us to get the shutters back up in both the Study and the boy’s room.





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After 1

We have found some Ikea furniture we fancy but which is unavailable for (French) delivery. But… it appears they do have the items in the Clermont-Ferond store (a couple of hours drive away to the east). So, seeing as Pompadour appears off (for us) due to rain, perhaps we’ll pop there on Saturday.

On Thursday it dawned on me that the day I’ve booked to return to the UK is actually a day of very important video calls with work – so have I've rescheduled the return for a week earlier 😞.



We also mounted a couple of panels that Sally had made to keep out the light in Serena's bedroom. And we saw these jolly chaps whilst shopping at one of the the local supermarche




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