Thursday 15 March 2012

The days are getting longer...

 As the weather improves and March is now marching on it has become apparent how much the evenings are getting lighter.  There is still good daylight at seven o'clock and given that the clocks alter in a little over a weeks time it will be light until past eight in the evening.  The weather is also beginning to get warmer although we are still needing some heating in the house in the evening it is very clear that a small fire is now sufficient to keep things warm.  I dare say that Sandra will soon be casting off the Winceyette nightie for something a little more in keeping with a sub tropical climate!

All the staining finished
We have managed to get all the outside woodwork finished now and it all looks very much the better for it.  The downside of this was that there were several little bits of the stain which got onto the tiles and stone work.  This meant that Sandra and I spent about four hours yesterday with scrubbing brushes and scotchbrite pads scrubbing it all to within an inch of it's life.  Needless to say that all evidence of the offending substance has now been removed although I'm not sure you are supposed to see your face in the floor tiles.
New pile of firewood.
I did mention last week that we were running low on fuel, well that has now been fully remedied.  On Wednesday we had a delivery of oil for the central heating three hundred litres at a cost of €311, much dearer than the UK but we can't get it here from there for less than the difference so it's no good moaning about it.  Also we had a very kind offer of some fire wood from our good friends Ray & Linda which we have been to collect today, it'll soon be converted to fire sized pieces ready for the next cold spell.  Thanks to Ray and Linda for the fuel at good Yorkshire prices and also for the delicious lunch.  We've had a great afternoon chatting to like minded people.

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