Stonkingly good day!

Just when we were beginning to give up hope we got a day like today with just a very light north-westerly wind and a high of about 21 degrees Celsius. So just the day to dismantle my damaged ‘tonnelle’ and get it ready to go to the ‘déchetterie’ and then mow my grass to get it back under some kind of control.

While doing the former it soon became very obvious why the ‘tonnelle’ had collapsed – almost all of the horizontal cross-pieces that connected the tops of the vertical tubes and on which the side curtains had been hung had broken. In several cases the metal itself had snapped because it was so flimsy and of such poor quality but in others the welds had broken because they were almost non-existent and consisted of just a couple of dabs of metal to make a ‘joint’. So this was a reminder of what we already know – Chinese ‘cheap’ means that you get rubbish.

I was really pleased to get my grass cut because it was already much higher today than when I returned from England a week ago and I also managed to tidy the areas up a bit at the top close to the road. Here are some shots that I’ve grabbed from a couple of videos that I shot afterwards using my Fimi X8 2020 drone that show how amazingly green everything is following the several days of rain that we’ve had to endure since I got back.

You can also get an idea of how long the grass is now on the land neighbouring mine that hasn’t been cut. The farmers have already started cutting the grass for hay and it won’t be long before the grass either side of mine is cut too.

To finish off, here are a couple of general shots that I’ve included just because they show how amazingly green everything else. The first one was taken with my Fimi out to the east looking towards Plazac and if you look carefully you can see the pointed black tiled roof of Chateau du Peuch nestling in the hollow.

The last shot is just a general view with the drone out to the north looking towards the north-west. Spring has at last arrived and the mass of greenery everywhere proves it.

We have another day similar to today forecast for tomorrow so it’ll be ideal for me to erect my second ‘tonnelle’ in the same position as the last one as shelter for the furniture that I’ve now just got covered up. Then I’ll be able to think about acquiring another one, of similar colour I hope, in order to move forward again with my plan for a ‘hospitality area’ outside my caravan 😉