Stumped

As planned the work has now commenced on renovating our little cottage. First the front wall came down with the stone being reclaimed for re-use at a later date. Soon however, two days of good progress soon came to a halt by a very stubborn Bay tree that occupied the front corner of the house that just refused to be uprooted.

After much scratching of heads involving a couple of architects, the  builders, a passing farmer in a tractor with a herd of sheep and many of our neighbours it was decided that we needed a man with a large excavator. So we called upon Ian the guy who installed the fosse to save the day. As is the way in France after a long patient wait of two weeks the devis eventually came through which turned out to be far too expensive. After further head scratching a local municipal works contractor was contacted and the stump finally yielded to a JCB and a very skilled driver.

We are now waiting for the scaffold to be erected so we can start on the roof.