Moving forward again

I’m back indoors this morning for the first time this week. After two days of hard work at Malbec, we’ve now got a new roof fitted to Philippe’s hangar.

At the end of a long day’s work on Monday, despite a few tricky gusts of wind that occasionally threatened to undo all of our good work, Philippe, Victor and I with the help of Olivier got the initial two light-weight plastic covers on with the insulation sandwiched in-between them. This made the hangar waterproof and was fully deserving of the meal the three of us enjoyed together at Le Café de la Mairie at Les Eyzies later in the evening.

And yesterday morning, the three of us with the help of a visiting ‘mécano’ who was finishing off the paintwork on Philippe’s Citius, got the much thicker and heavier ‘bache de camion’ top cover on as well, thus making the hangar weather-proof again except for its doors, which were also damaged by the force of the wind. We had a few tricky moments though, when after struggling to get the top cover up onto the roof of the hangar, it threatened to slide completely off to one side, which would have made it necessary to bundle it up again and repeat the process all over again. However, we managed to catch it in time and the job was completed in time for lunch.

So today I’m back to working on my house plans. I’d really like to soon begin bringing them to some sort of conclusion as they seem to be dragging on and on with the end constantly in sight, but without it ever being finally attained, which is becoming a bit frustrating. Tomorrow I’m expecting the men to arrive to take down my big old lime tree and with Philippe expecting to return his Citius from the barn to his hangar by the end of the week and excellent weather expected through until Monday or Tuesday, I’m hoping to move ASY across from Galinat to Malbec over the week-end. So something nice to look forward to, then 😉