Sat 5th Sept 09

Up earlyish, coffee and computer time with ant, we looked at a couple of houses together before he lost interest, then we started work. Ant filled in some of the cracks in the ceiling then made a start on the scrubbing of the stairs whilst i tackled the garden. I mowed the lawns, and cut down the huge weed patch round the trees leaving a circle of wild flowers in the middle. Marthe came round and had a coffee with us and invited us for an apero in the evening. After Marthe i used round up, a weed killer, on all the drive area and the little bit outside our front wall. I finished about three in the afternoon but ant carried on till about five, he has nearly finished the stairs. I had a lovely soak in the bath, a shave, then got dressed in something nice, ant did the same, then we had some sausage and frites for dinner. At seven Janine arrived, she was going to the apero too, and we all headed over to Marthe's. A little after we arrived her brother and his wife and a friend of theirs arrived and we had an evening of french conversation, i was quite impressed with how well i coped in both understanding and conversation.
Marthe's brother has a small vineyard at St.Pol, which was a big surprise for me, he invited us over on Sunday to have a look at it, so that will be interesting. We headed home about nine thirty there was a message on the phone from gran so i phoned her back, then we relaxed and watched the rest of season two of Early Doors. So Sunday holds a delivery of wood at eleven, which we will need to stack ourselves, then a trip to a St.Pol vineyard, should be fun and a day of relaxation from the work.