Going,going......

Yes folks, the rubbish tip is gone. And I suppose that in a couple of months we will have forgotten all the hard work and all of the trips to the recycling centre getting rid of those bottles and rusty tin cans. We have decided to use the space to park the car. At the moment we are parking on the grass in front of the house and the grass there is getting a bit chewed up after the recent wet weather. So I did a trial to see how easy it would be to get in and out (especially for the co-pilot). There wasn't enough room to be able to swing in without hitting the compost heap. As usual, one job leads to another, and so I now have to move some of the compost to widen the entrance.

We also have success with an architect. The contact we made through the girl draught-person at the exhibition at Cahors has lead to a much more reasonable quote. We have accepted it and the architect thinks it will take about 2 months unless the plans have to be submitted to 'Batiments de France', when it could take 3. 'Batiment de France' look after old buildings in conservation areas and we don't know if we are covered by this, and if we are it might affect our plans. Still, at least we are on our way, and the girl is coming next Tuesday to measure up to begin drawing the plans. It feels good that we are finally progressing!