Getting organised again

I cut the grass yesterday for the first time this year, not all of it of course, just the area below the ‘building site’. It was a perfect day for it and I confess that for the first part of the afternoon I sat out and enjoyed the warm sunshine before starting on the grass later on and finishing in the early evening. Today was another glorious spring day and this was the sight that greeted me when I looked up towards the house-build from my caravan.

Nothing more has happened on-site this week since Monday, I guess because the builder has been preparing for a big leap forward next week putting in the beams that will support the house and moving towards completing the main concrete base slab. Here are some shots taken with one of my drones (my Hubsan Zino) that show the build progress to date and how the rest of the land is now looking after the winter, now that the grass has been cut.

Before moving on, I can’t resist showing this gorgeous shot of the bottom of my land and the lovely little valley beyond. That area is classed as solely agricultural and one of the reasons I went for this piece of land was because that view, which will be seen from my living room, kitchen and bedrooms 1 and 3, can never be taken away because of that. Not in my lifetime anyway.

Having cut the grass and just in case there will be a lot of building activity next week, I thought it would be a good idea to move my trailers away from the area behind my ‘abri’ to give the builders a bit more space and also prevent them possibly becoming trapped. So I decided to kill two birds with one stone. My ex-neighbour, Chantal, is moving next week from the house next to my old one at Plazac to one in Rouffignac. Since I left she’s been looking after my two outdoor tables by keeping them safe in her garden and I therefore needed to transport them over to Fleurac before she moves.

Today was perfect for doing it so I started by going over to pick up the smaller of the two with my small trailer and measuring the larger one to make sure that it would fit into my larger trailer, bearing in mind that it’s missing a large part of its floor. I got both of them safely over to Fleurac and after giving them a good hose down to remove as much of the grime that built up on them both since they were put out last July, I placed the smaller one in the open area between my caravan and the ‘tonnelle’ and the larger one inside it for now.

The larger one will remain inside the ‘tonnelle’ until I get back from my proposed trip to the UK when I can advance my plans and erect the second ‘tonnelle’ that’s presently still in my ‘abri’. There’s no point having both of them out in the weather while I’m not around and in the meantime we’ll be able to use the wooden furniture as and when friends drop in for ‘aperos’ now the weather is becoming so nice.

Here’s where I ended up putting my trailers. An ideal spot really, not visible from the road so reasonably secure, and also not where they will be an eyesore.

All I now have to do is pick up my plant pots from Victor and Madeleine’s, which I’ll do maybe this weekend, or certainly before I leave for the UK. Then I’ll be fully self-contained again, apart from the stuff that’s in storage, of course. After that I’ll be able to put the rest of my plans in place to make my little piece of paradise even more organised than it is now and I’m looking forward to it 😉