Brilliant!

In both senses of the word. The only task I had planned for today inside the house was to mount all of the LED spots in the kitchen ceiling and I got that done by lunchtime. And I have to say that they have come totally up to my expectations, possibly even beyond, because after looking like a bat cave with all of the light fittings hanging out of the ceiling it now looks like a clean, bright, modern kitchen, just as it was intended to be.

It’s stonkingly hot here again today, in the upper 30s Celsius, and as I type this in the caravan my floor-mounted fan is wafting me with hot air. All I intend to do when I’ve finished is load my trailer up with the empty paint tins, old masking film and the other rubbish I’ve collected while doing the current phase of decorating and take it to the déchetterie in Rouffignac. Then I’ll be able to cool off under a cold shower.

My new shower screen is arriving tomorrow so fitting that will be the principal job for the day. I’m also pressing the builder to get the electrician back as soon as possible because it’s unacceptable having a live system that hasn’t been professionally checked in any way, especially when there’s a key breaker that keeps popping off every few minutes and more so when that breaker serves some of the key areas of the house that I want to use (kitchen, bedrooms, corridor).