A Gardener in France

Things are fianlly on the move: the previous owners informed us there was no mains gas in the village, which was why they had just invested in a new oil boiler. A quick search on the web gave us a link to the gas people over there. They confirm that not only is it in the village, it passes down our street. We have asked them to connect us. I wonder if the boiler can be converted? One more thing to check.

An electrician is sorting the power as we speak. No replies from the carpenter faxed a while back, or the pool people. Perhaps there will be messages when we arrive.

More importantly, I rang a restaurant to arrange a wedding aniversery meal when we are over: L'Aubergeade in Diou. A fine place in the middle of nowhere with food of the highest quality and a wine list to match. Looking forward to that one!

The house is full of furniture, some of it not to our taste, bought by the previous owner from the original ones (if you follow me), so some of it has been there for many years. I gather deals are about to be done, with some of it leaving for the US / UK and us perhaps buying other pieces. I feel it would be nice to keep original items in the house and we will need furnature, but it remains to be seen if we can agree appropriate prices.

Our son is working on a web site for the gite we haven't completed yet: www.chabrisloirevalley.com... I think: watch this space. Adverts have to be placed with Chez Nous soon as well, if we are to let it next season. I guess we had better get it done then, but no pool this year, I'm afraid.

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