Rocking it in Fumel

The last evening in Foix…was a dinner out to a fantastic Indian Restaurant where we all devoured the three course menu…

Daylight until 10pm in this part of the world, often means a late dinner. We were entertained, if that is the right word, by the local drunks annoying the diners, until the restaurant owners move them on! Unfortunately, this lovely town attracts a rather unsavoury population of dirty, smelly, people who seem to have lost their way!

Yesterday we were up and on the road by 9am heading home to Fumel, as Kev and Rols had a BIG delivery of pavers and metal arriving after 2pm, in readiness for the last big garden landscape activity.

Due to the amount of gravel, edge pavers and stepping pavers being delivered we envisaged a truck with a hiab (lift) to deposit pallets of these supplies….but no …. We had barely eaten our sandwich and the first van load arrived with two blokes! It was then a furious hand unload of 80 (20kg) bags of metal, 384 edge pavers (could carry 6 at a time) and 50 stepping pavers (1 at a time) ! Ok mini break holiday over!

The plan was to launch into this activity over the weekend, but in good Bonnici fashion we thought we would make a start!

Five hours later, 3 beers down and….

YES! We had laid every single paver, rock and stepping stone! Including an extra 70 edge pavers, that Roland raced back to buy mid arvo, as this product had been slightly underestimated!

The smile is due to finally sitting down and enjoying a beer, in my sweaty smelly garden attire!

Needless to say, the shower (x3) was a welcome end to the day, after which we ate salad (thanks Rols) baguette and cheese at 9pm and fell into bed to lie flat!

View of the afternoons work from the 1st floor kitchen window….shady fig tree in the foreground!

Of course there is a list today for finishing touches! Before the heat hits..next heatwave rolling in!