Now we’re talking

Another 70 paving slabs today but this time from Brico Depot Brive and with this number I not only had enough to extend the terrace area at the back of the house so it would accommodate my large table but also to run some along the front to create a sort-of pathway. This will hopefully be only a very temporary arrangement but it helps to take away some of the starkness of the blue stone that the builder put down and will also allow me to position some plant pots and tubs in the front to pretty the place up a bit.

It’s too late this year to plant out the pots and tubs but at least I’ll now be able to retrieve them from behind the caravan where they’ve been languishing unused for the past couple of years or so. However, time flies and it won’t be long before Spring comes around again and if I’ve used the Winter well decorating the inside of the house I’ll have something to look forward to when the days begin to warm up and lengthen again.

I had a lot of fun getting the big table up onto the terrace from where it was inside the ‘tonnelle’ close to the caravan. It’s much too heavy for one person to lift but not too unwieldy if you’re canny enough to spin it around on its legs onto the trailer and off again. The picture shows how I accomplished the second stage of the process by reversing car and trailer up the slope at the back of the house close enough so the table could be transferred direct from trailer to terrace. Sometimes all that’s needed is a little bit of ingenuity 😉

I have to say that once I’d finished and everything was clean and tidy it was idyllic sitting there with a cold beer and admiring the view. We’re being blessed with hot, but not too hot, sunny days with little wind to speak of and still evenings and at times like this it’s magical living in this part of France.