Autumn is here...

Today 2nd October started off a grey 15 degrees and cloudy and stayed that way all day... first time that has happened since we got here.

We made the most of the cool weather and Pete got on with some insulating work on the tunnel, pics to follow... I cleaned all the windows and phoned the Wood Man ( he isn't really made of wood ) and ordered the wood for the wood burner... He had sold out of OAK so we have to have Beech which I understand is Calorifically similar to the Oak has less acrid smoke but throws out a lot of sparks... we will see.

This is now operation warm up the big house. Last year Big Bertha ( our big 12 KW woodburner ) failed to warm our room and we have identified a number of possible reasons.

1) Our front door fits the door frame so badly you can see daylight around 3/4 of it.
2) The floorboards are so gappy you can see daylight below them
3) The French doors are single Glazed with no Curtains
4) We burned unseasoned pine wood....
5) We hadn't learned the way of the shutters... shut in warmth in winter shut out heat in summer close when the sun moves round !!!

Had a good walk round the village, checked Jess and John's house is OK after the freezer de frosted itself.. The smell is almost gone now ! Also checked "Les filles'" garden where thay have kindly agreed to let me Park the Z3 when we go off to UK so its relatively safe. It's not famous for Car incidents here but with a soft top you never know...

Off to watch X Factor now ;-)