Yesterday, the lads had great fun; a neighbour is in need of some hard core and we need rid of the two huge wine cuves in the grange, so they decided to start demolishing them. These cuves, you must understand, are about 2.5m in every direction and are made of reinforced concrete; but undaunted,  they set to work with a concrete breaker and a Stihl saw. The roof of the first cuve was an easy enough task, but the walls proved more challenging, as you can see from the photos, taken over about 4 hours. We’ve now found somewhere to hire an industrial size, water cooled Stihl saw, so I think that may be the weekend taken care of. (Hire is cheaper at the weekend)

This morning  the rain started at 7.10; I know this because the noise of it woke me! It sounded as if a huge, celestial power shower had been turned on over Caupenne. Unfortunately, we’d ordered a tree from the market in Eauze, held today, so had to go out in it. Normally, Eauze market fills the entire town and buzzes with life, but today there were hardly any market traders there, most of them put off by the weather. However, the tree man’s made of stern stuff, so we got our Judas tree and bought what we needed in the market in record time, then came home to put our soaked shoes and clothes in front of a big fire, from which we’ve hardly moved since!