It’s happening

Just as I suspected it would, as the jetstream continues to track northwards, the better weather is coming in behind it. This morning I awoke to a lovely bright sunny day and we’ve been enjoying wall-to-wall blue skies all day with the temperature up at 13/14 degrees Celsius.

I’m so glad that I managed to tidy my garden up a bit yesterday because compared to a few days ago, today it looks a picture. It really looks as though spring has now arrived.

And that’s not all that’s arrived today. I got a phone call bright and early this morning while I was cleaning out my wood burner from a delivery driver asking how to find my house. Shortly afterwards, a large delivery ‘camion’ trundled up the road and after backing into my entrance, the driver off-loaded the ‘brouette’ (wheelbarrow) that I’d ordered. I was amazed to see what a meal the French supplier (Castorama) had made of it when they’d packed it up for shipment 🙂

When I stripped the black plastic off, the wheelbarrow was standing on its nose inside the wooden frame propped up against the uprights and here’s a shot taken once I’d removed it from its packaging

It’s very light and seems to be very well made. It has a carrying capacity of up to 150 kg, which is what I think I’ll be needing for concreting work. OK, there were other cheaper, lighter barrows on offer, but I don’t think that they would have been man-enough for the kind of work that I have planned. Here’s a shot of the barrow next to where I plan to put in a 3.5m x 2m concrete base for a shelter for my garden implements, including my mower(s), concrete mixer, brush cutter and rotavator. I’m thinking that it should also be large enough to take a ride-on mower when the time comes too 😉

Before I unpacked the wheelbarrow, I did a quick trip to Intermarché for a few bits and pieces before nipping over to check Galinat on the way home. Sadly but not unexpectedly, both the apron and runway are still very soggy. Part of the reason is that they are on the north-facing side of the hill and therefore do not receive as much of the sun as one would like, especially at this time of the year. But all is not lost! The weather forecast is for bright sunny days with no rain at all and temperatures as high as 22/23 degrees Celsius, from now until at least the end of next week. So that should do the trick, and it shouldn’t be too long, therefore, before we’re up in the air for the first time this year, with the prospect of many more weeks of good flying weather to come. About time too, and I can’t wait 😀