OneGuyFromBarlick

Sounds like a lot of work to me Sue. So you won't be there long? Do you get a longer stay in summer? Home on Tuesday, back for a week inApril to ensure everything stays tidy then here for a month in August. We may be here in June but I can’t remember. We have to keep on top of it if we want to sell...

Morning We have a low lying misty start to the day but above it the sun is already shining. A very sunny day is forecast at 16 degrees. We have a few trips to do. We have to take our boxes of glasses and crockery and a few other things to the charity ware house. On returning home we will put the old...

Impressive gates Sue...... We don't have any sunshine yet but we hope to have a good day. I shall be off to the pharmacy as soon as they are open at 09:00. Much improved on the broken wooden ones that really gave up last October despite regular surface treatment. They had become very warped and dis...

Morning Another lovely day yesterday but with a chilly start . We did our shopping but need a few bits from a different supermarket in a different town so perhaps this morning. I finished planting potatoes and tidying the rhubarb patch so all that remain for me to do in the garden is to give all the...

Stanley wrote: ↑19 Mar 2026, 06:43 That looks very therapeutic Sue after a Rochdale winter.... I hope you have as good a day today.

It certainly was Stanley

Morning It was a beautiful day reaching over 20 degrees. Our day at the coast was lovely. We arrived at low tide , and there is something rather nice about walking along an almost deserted beach on freshly exposed sand. We visited somewhere we had never been before , famous for mussels. As the rocks...

Morrning It was a beautiful day yesterday. Bob put on one gate in the morning. Its taking some time as the style of hinges don’t match the existing ones or shape of the gate posts, so its having to be redesigned. It will be worth it in the end. I prepared the soil for planting potatoes and did a bit...

Morning It was a dreary day yesterday. We had a good trip to the bricolage (DIY store) buying buying the bits to fix the gate, the dehumidifier, a couple more strawberry plants and some traps for hornets. The latter sell out in the summer so its better to buy them when you see them. Bob spent the af...

Gloria wrote: ↑16 Mar 2026, 08:34 Crikey that seems a lot of water Sue.

Well I do have to dry the washing inside at this time of year and I do small loads daily to make it easier to find drying space, though the house on general does feel a bit cool and damp with very little sun to dry things out, same as home

Morning Once the mist lifted yesterday we had a lovely day with clear blue skies, around about 13 to 14 degrees. We had a very nice lunch out and did the same walk as Saturday with a loop through the town and along the river. Back at the house I had started sorting some cupboards in the morning whic...

Morning First it was morning and breakfast and before we knew it, it was 7.00 pm . Where did the time go. In the morning I washed the towels then we went to the market at La Gacilly. We didn’t want much but it was an opportunity to buy a few plants to replace dead ones such as strawberries and a few...

Morning Yes Wendy, a lovely memory. Its nice to have such good longstanding friends that you can share past memories with and enjoy each others company. I like the plans for some of Cols ashes, to be in a place that he loved . Yesterday here was miserable, very wet and cold but the clouds lifted abo...

Morning Yesterday was an ok day, cloudy, windy but a decent temperature. We got a lot done outside and I only have one small patch of garden to weed. Bob has done the concrete bases for the bottom hinges of the new gates and that now needs 48 hours before he can progress. This morning we are doing a...

Morning In the morning I did a quick dust and a polish, there was little to be done, all had stayed fairly insect free over the winter but the polishing helps to freshen things up. Later we had a good meeting with the estate agent. She demonstrated that we have had a number of ‘hits’ on the website ...

Morning It was a good little market but sadly the veggies did not enthuse me. We did buy some seed potatoes which I will plant before we go back home in two weeks. The walk round was spoilt a little when I trod in some dog poo in my new trainers. I managed to clean them off sufficiently to be able t...

It looks like a calm crossing Sue. Bon voyage! Morning It was a calm crossing Stanley and once the fog lifted it was very pleasant. We have done a different crossing, coming over to Caen and not St Malo. Much shorter and quicker but a very early start and then over a three hour drive to the house. ...

Morning

Up and out just after 5.30 now at the port. We have just eaten the remnants of the kitchen fruit bowl which will keep us going till breakfast on the ferry. Its foggy

Have a good day all

Stanley wrote: ↑08 Mar 2026, 07:48 Morning Sue! You must have got your last bits done except for the damp patch.

Yes all done but for the damp bit. We are hoping it will be dry enough to finish when we get back. Then I can buy new curtains and cushion covers

Morning

Today will be a leisurely breakfast, pack the car and drive down to Portsmouth. No doubt we will stop somewhere en route .Its also Erins birthday. She is 12. That has been a fast 12 years.

The forecas is ok for the day so driving shouldn’t be too bad. Have a good day all

Morning Yesterday I planted some sweet pea seeds in large pots and covered them with black bin bags to encourage germination and to protect the seedlings from squirrels and pigeons. They should just about be germinating when we get back from France on the 25 th. We set off for Portsmouth tomorrow bu...

Oo yes Happy Birthday Gloria

Morning Rain for a couple of hours this morning then dry , cloudy, and back to a low 5 to 6 degrees. After a few lovely days the garden is now all tidy, even the apple tree pruned so later this morning when the rain stops I intend planting some sweet pea seeds in large pots at the back of the house....

I still have the cough Stanley but I think my tree pollen hayfever has brought it back, runny nose as well. Hey ho thats life

Morning

This morning is art at Haslingden, this afternoon Lucy is coming. I may get half an hour in the garden between the two . It promises to be a nice day. Have a good day all. Enjoy another days cruising Gloria

Gloria wrote: ↑03 Mar 2026, 12:54 We are cruising in the Caribbean and it’s very warm in the sun. Going to have to force myself to eat and drink again for sustenance.

How lovely. I am sure I don’t have to say ENJOY