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Charroux



This is a view of the village just the other side of the valley - Charroux.  It is Medievil and very lovely to visit.  It is also able to boast the cleanest public convenience.  I mention this, because we have, up until now, had to visit the public loo's in either Bellenaves or Charroux; however I have it on good authority that when we arrive in just a couple of weeks now, we will have our Fosse installed (at last). 

I think it may be our own fault that M. Faure had not been able to carry out the installation before, due to the large amount of rubble etc., which had accumulated during our work on the house.  As mentioned in our previous blog, Simon spent a lot of time an energy in both sweltering heat and bucketing rain last April, clearing up the mess outside the dependance.( see below)

We haven't been able to see so much of this area for a good 3 years!



M. Ragacki, the Mayor of Naves came to see us one day and I spoke to him about the possibility of the Fosse now being installed, as we have the new entrance.  He thought that our original access was the most likely access way - and this may have proved to be the case.  I'm sure we will find out more in just a few weeks.

It's always good to look back on the pictures to remind us of how far we have actually come.  It is taking a long time, and this year, the problem has been keeping up financially.  Having jumped the hurdle of James running off with our money and leaving us with no roof, to clearing the hurdles of redundancy and temping at a time of year (Christmas) where there was no work around, I think we are actually doing ok.

The view from the bedroom door will be of the dining area, kitchen and exposed beam work of the other bedroom opposite (which still has to be created) but you get an impression of what it looks like in this picture.

Once the roof is insulated you will only see the major beams but it will be awsome and I dont use that word often!

Looking back on the improvement to the floors! 

All the pipe work is now in for the evacuation for the kitchens and bathrooms, so all we need is the Fosse and we can start to function more normally :-)

Lets see what the next trip brings.