B & Q, Varnish & Bl***y Placo

Monday morning and it was off the VDR to track down the cheapest place for a trailer full of placo. I headed for the builders merchants we'd used for the insulation as they were the new boys in town & were keen to establish themselves so hopefully they'd be open to doing a deal. The same man we'd spoken to last time was behind the desk & I was welcomed with 'Bonjour M. Hill, sa va, café?' After making me an espresso & getting the croissants out he asked if this was the sort of service that I'd have got at B & Q? I gave him my shopping list and after a few minutes on the computer he came up with a very competitive price and the deal was done. So it was back to Lagarrigue and on with a week of placoing and plastering, it really is becoming a little boring and very difficult to come up with anything interesting to put in the blog. I could bore you, even more than normal, with all the different plasters we've looked at; ready mixed, quick drying, extra sticky... the list could go on and on but I won't for a change. With P here we've made really great progress and without his help getting some of those 1,200 x 2,400 plasterboards in place would have been a real challenge.

As I mentioned last week P is here to work on their new house & on Tuesday 13 window & 3 French doors were delivered all in need of a few coats of wood preserver & varnish. Wednesday it was brushes at the ready and on with the first coat. Thursday morning we finished the second coat of wood preserver on P & C' windows & it was time to hit the high spots of VDR. We needed to pick up some more plaster and the vital supplies of food & wine. The builders merchant couldn't help but comment on the performance of the English football team the night before & in all honesty it was very difficult to find a witty response. Once we picked up more plaster it was off to the wine merchants for the other essential. It's become a bit of a concern to Barbara that the wine merchant now says 'Ah bonjour Monsieur, Cotes de Tarn?' It still comes as a pleasant surprise that you can buy 5 litres of a half palatable red wine for €8.00. We're heading back to the UK for Christmas & New Year & you can be sure we'll be taking one or two litres of Cotes de Tarn with us & the good news is that they've now got 10 litres containers available!

Anyway I must go...more joints to be plastered and I've a lot to do if I'm to catch up with Barbara.