Mechanicals!

Back to John's version.

Things have been going so well that things were bound to go wrong sooner or later. And they did.

To begin with, the digger refused to start. We thought that it was the battery so I went up to our local garage and they suggested changing the battery leads and fitting a car battery. Seemed a bit extreme. The garage is shut on Monday, so they could come to look on Tuesday or Wednesday! Meantime, David set to with a big spade, moving earth from the river bed. I chickened out and tidied up tools, and investigated modifying my home-made window frames, ready for the glass.

However, the problem of the digger played on our minds, (or certainly David's). So, at about 3 o'clock, we set off for Cahors to look for a shop selling new leads and a car battery. If the garage man's idea seemed good, we could do that! And lo and behold, there was a huge range of terminals on sale at the car section of Leclerc. So, back home by 4.30 and mod carried out by 5pm. Hey presto, it worked! All ready for an early start in the morning.

We couldn't start there and then as we had to get ready for an evening meal at 'Le Petit Paris' in a very picturesque village called Daglan. Very interesting village which certainly merits a visit in the Spring when everything will be open. The Restauant wasn't too busy, as the tourists have all left but the meal was excellent, and their house wine (Bergerac) was extremely quaffable. We will certainly be going there again.