Back to the wall...

 

With the little spell of mild weather and the feeling of being a little 'stir crazy' I have ventured out the back here at the Old Walnut Mill to tackle another bit of wall at our future sitooterie.

You know those jobs you wish you had never started...

Well I have just about finished one,just ran out of sand to finish a little bit on the top left.

Wall to wall wall and punishment excercises!

With our current gap between guests at our vacation rental, the Old Walnut Mill in Barrou, we have had access to the back garden of the house where I am continuing with the facing of the back block wall with stone and Pauline is doing her bit with making sure the garden is kept under control plus doing a little planting.

What I am coming to the realization of is that after having been selective in the choice of stones I have used so far (against my own advice - pick up a stone and use it ) the top half of the wall could end up being rather ugly!! 

5 years ago

The other day on Facebook Pauline was reminded of how long these stones have been around! Having moved them twice, Pauline has been (rightly) keen for me to use them as two (undeserved) punishment exercises is quite enough!

Note for potential guests: We do not open up rear garden to guests at moment but are working towards (at last) providing this option. Instead you can enjoy the cottages lovely courtyard.

Wall to wall repairing...

Had this little project to keep me out of mischief last month - hard work but satisfying. 

New skills...

A new skill I've tried to learn since moving over here is that of wall building. Not brick but walls using the local stone. My first experience was a little dry stone dyke plus small rebuild at our Le Grand Pressigny house.

 Then helping friends repair a wall at their lovely property just outside the village of Lesigny on the road to La Roche Posay.

Then on to my biggest challenge to date...

Friends in Lesigny had a wall that was spilling out onto the road - I don't know how long it had stood there but it had reached the end of its useful life - not helped by the 'backing-up' of materials over the years.    

The build went something like this..

In the end I and more importantly they were pleased with the result.