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Trois Seigneurs

With the weaving barn finally occupied, a chance to get in the hills. Andy who had a hip replacement about 10 months ago was free and finally feeling able, so a trip up Trois Seigneurs was in order. Much hotter than we expected, but we made the circuit in 6hrs30 including some leisurely stops for lunches.

 

Almost finished!

After waiting on two different occasions for delivery of our floor from Leroy Merlin we eventually cancelled the order and went to Toulouse to collect from the store.  After 11 hours of work floor and underlay are fitted. Just a short length of skirting boards to do.  The loom has finally moved in!

 

normal service is resumed

It's been a strange year so far on the mushroom front. In the twenty years I've lived here I have never experienced so few mushrooms - virtually nothing until now. Now they've all come at once, not that I'm complaining.

Chaux chanvre has been completed and drying for over a week now, the floor was supposed to arrive today but although the delivery driver called me and said he would arrive in 2 hours, he didn't. Very frustrating.

With the upstairs almost complete, thoughts are turning to downstairs. We are now thinking that it will provide more room for wool processing, dyeing and running weaving courses. 

Solar panel teething problems seem to be over and the system for instantaneous power transfer when we have a power cut is now working. apart from a few days when the system wasn4t working, we haven't needed to use any grid electricity since installation in late April. We'll see how things continue in the shorter days of winter.