Is It In?

It was a nice start to the day weather-wise, and Patrick began to dig the hole in the courtyard for the 'fosse'. Some of you may remember that we found out that there used to be a pond in the courtyard, so the builders were hoping that this site would not be full of rocks. And they were right! Within an hour, the hole had been dug.

We think that there used to be a pond in the courtyard because there must be a 'bowl' in the bedrock; water quickly appeared at the bottom of the hole!

However, looks can be deceptive, as the rock is only about 3-5 cms below the water.

Early afternoon, and I suddenly realised that it was in!

Cyrille was looking very pleased with himself, but, unfortunately, that smile was soon knocked off. He discovered that the Septic Tank was about 40 cm too high in the ground. So the 'fosse' isn't in yet. It will be coming out on Monday, and the rock will have to be broken up with a pneumatic drill.

At the end of the day we did our statutory inspection and Sue was 'oohing' at what she saw.

The second window is half built and so we are able to get a real idea of how the bedroom will look. By the time we get 3 Velux windows in there as well, it should be light and airy.

To round off another exciting day, I glanced out of the window at dusk, and I saw a large 'V' of birds high in the sky. We couldn't see exactly what they were but, in looking back on the blog, it was the 1st of March last year when we saw the Storks heading north. Whatever they were, they know it's Spring. We had rushed outside to see the birds and, at the same time, we saw a bat flying around the house. It's lovely to know that we are surrounded by Nature.