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March 2010

	March - Weather some rain, but now spring is in the air and we have had some sunny warm days. This month has been full on with the kitchen dining room. Taking down the old fire place and then putting it back. With the help of the stone mason, Brian Evans and his helper Ludo... Manoir Renovations L'Esthuer, 22600 Saint Barnabé, Loudéac Tel: 02 96 26 70 21 / 06 78 26 63 96 www.manoirrenovations.com
	Still more holes to fill and stone to replace, also cables now in for the aerials.
	Gerry on the pointing out side on the sunny days.
	Mean while we also move on to digging up the ground again and just going through or under the 2 foot wall.
	Next the old slopping floor in the Kitchen dining room needed to be broken up. Simon spent his day here and managed half of it. Brian, also managed to take the cab off Brian's mini digger which has been a great help. The floor was slooped on purpose so allowed the surface to be cleaned and drain into a fosse, for the cows. The drop over all was about half a metre.
	Then the surface had to blinded over with aggregate and then sand, with each stage being wacked in, also the pipe work had to be trenched in.
	Then the damp coarse membrane, 300 mu thick doubled up where the pipes come through and sealed with tape. Look like a pool.	Gerry Pointing and raking out old joints.
	Next a few lorry loads of concrete with reinforcing placed in, no pictures of all that as all bit busy putting it all in. Just a bit late to change your mind now...
	As the concrete needs a few days Brian and Ludo are pointing the hallway.
	Mean while we have cleared some more land that is a few thousand bottles hole and broken, a TV and tones of steel, boots and plastic all placed in the recycling . Gerry has now planted with meadow flowers also some grass seed to bring it to the lawn edge, we will add some pictures when it all comes up. The wall on the right in the bottom picture is made up for wild life.
	Also a visit from the neighbours sheep, I think they want to stay for dinner. They have been up to see us most days this week and even roamed around the buildings inside!

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