Well, today has been good and bad. The good news is that Brett thinks we only have one more day left on the floor, we have worked jolly hard today; Brett breaking up the floor, me shovelling and wheeling. The other good news; after seeing Mark and Glen’s joists yesterday we think we shouldn’t need a pillar in the kitchen, Mark is going to work out the figures for us.
The bad news: Gary was waiting for us when we arrived; he had another incident yesterday (typical we should have been away) this time it wasn’t robbery it was sheer vandalism. Somebody had driven around his property, uprooted four cast concrete posts (probably by tying them to their car, they are really heavy), destroyed vines, broken glass windows (stored outside for installing into his shed) and stolen some metal and an old bike. He’s had enough; he’s packed his van and has driven back to North Portugal (where he was living before) and he’s putting his quinta up for sale. He is convinced that Betty was dog-napped, and is probably dead.It’s not fair; ok so he’s a bit eccentric but this vendetta to terrorise him is totally out of order. We feel so sorry for him, he’s been here less than three weeks and he’s been driven out. He could be back once he’s calmed down a bit, he was very emotional today (understandably); and obviously it would be better for him once we are living there full time.
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