Provence Tayl's

The last week has been rather challenging! Firstly the weather has been appalling! torrential rain with the most amazing electrical storms and the scirroco (from Morocco) wind dumping sand all over the place!
We decided to buy a lighter paint spray gun rather than using the compressor which is rather heavy to move around. Bearing in mind we have a total of 8 bedrooms, 7 reception rooms to paint for starters! So here I am just starting off with 10 litres on my back! Unfortunately it was useless so I cleaned it up and took it back demanding a refund, not always easy when its used by I succeeded although not sure whether the guy just thought I was a loony and wanted to get me out the store!
So now its back to the traditional method of rollers!

Then the new pool alarm, compulsory here stopped working.So our Electrician stepped in and took the Siren back to the same shop as the paint sprayer came from demanding a replacement - trouble was I didn't buy it there! so I had to go next day and get one from where I did buy it and meet the electrician so he could go back and avoid further embarrassment! For sure where ever we go we are never forgotten!

So we continue to finish painting the first gite which we move into in about 4 weeks - still no electric or water - but it will come I am sure!


Yesterday we braved France Telecom who like BT monopolies the French phone lines. This involves going into their shop, where there is always a queue and never enough staff. Good afternnon we said to the cherful man - this is your lucky day! we explain we need
our phone number moved to our new house, the internet also and to put a new internet service into this villa for our clients use - simple - two hours later, exhausted, dehydrated we leave and by the time we get home they have cut our phone off - now thats fast - but not what we ordered! So we build up our strength to go back tomorrow!


This is the North face of the gites, now with the roof tiled, the walls will have three coats of render.
Today, Wednesday our removal company who bought us down from the UK came and packed us up to put most of our furniture into the garage of the new house until the house is completed which we hope will be September ish ( this year!). After this relaxing day it was off to Marseille to collect Karens Mum from the airport, Joan has come out to pack boxes, sorry I mean for a holiday!
Tomorrow I am back to the gite to start on the second one, rubbing down the beams , all the ceilings are vaulted, ceiling and walls before the task of 3 coats of paint - Joy!

And this is our garage!