Troglodytes and Chocolate, 10 - 12 Sept

 

Thursday 10th 

More work on windows in the Study and the 'boy's room'. Bot were in a bad state so it is good to get them painted before another winter.

Sally gave the smaller of the garage doors a second coat – it has really transformed them.

A solid day’s work from both of us. And nice to be able to see the difference we’re making.

Friday 11th and Saturday 12th

Friday was a ‘day off’ with a visit to a cheese factory, south of Brive, being the plan for the day. Really excited about this – and we’ve even gone without cheese for a couple of days as we would want to buy some wares at the factory – at least that was the thinking. 

Luckily, I read the pamphlet properly on Thursday night – it seems that what we thought was a cheese factory is, in fact, simply a shop. No one drives for well over an hour to go to a cheese shop. So a quick change of plan and off to Roque St-Christophe to visit Europe’s largest Troglodyte community – apparently continuously occupied for 55,000 years. Just over an hour’s drive and a pleasant diversion. 

View along the main terrace

Panorama from the main terrace

On the way back we stopped of at Terrasson-Lavilledieu to visit the Bovetti chocolate museum and factory. The museum was OK but not, in itself, worth the journey as there was little to actually see. The chocolate was reasonably priced though and the guide friendly. The town itself did look worth a visit though and, being around 30 minutes away will see us returning for a proper look around.

Saturday saw us back at work on jobs we had started earlier. Sally did a great and dirty job sanding the door frames on the landing – it kicked up a mass of dust due to the previous owner having used emulsion on top of silk. For my part I painted various black fittings for the garage doors and study window, filled the ‘boy’s room’ window and undercoated it. We also had an electrician around to give us a quote for the rewiring – have another couple coming in about 10 days. Already nervous as to what it will cost.


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