Not able to resist a bargain, once I heard from Jesmond that there was a stone supplier closing down we headed off and bought some bits for the garden. Today I hired a lorry and headed off to collect things from the house before the sale goes through and from the stone supplier in Barbezieux.

The ground was firm enough to drive over thankfully which made offloading easier. First off was the old dividing panel to close off the open wall so that the dogs can be allowed off the lead. The rest was just heaving large stone items that are a lot heavier than they look to store them. I set the table and chairs up so there is at least somewhere to sit when we come over to work in the future. You can just make out the old iron gate that we rescued from the old house. Completely ornamental and no idea where it will end up yet. Many thanks to Jesmond and Alain for their time and effort to get it all done.