1st September FONTE DOS CLERIGOS

We were woken just before 8.00 by Mark arriving with the cement mixer – oh goody!

So it was back to concreting the studio floor; we put a 2” screed over about 4/5 of the floor we laid the other day, today went so much better than last week and the floor actually looks quite good – thank goodness. We worked very hard, only taking a ¼ hour lunch break. We didn’t get back to the camper until 6.30 and I for one was absolutely shattered; the cold beer helped!

A level floor at last

Rabbits are devastating our vegetables; when we come back in the New Year we will erect a rabbit proof fence around the vegetable gardens, this will be rather expensive as we have rather large plots (bragging again). Brett says he will shoot them; but I would rather keep them out once and for all.

The nights are drawing in; it’s dark by 8.30p.m. and as it doesn’t get light until 7.30a.m. our days are getting shorter. It’ll be great once we have electricity (we ordered fifteen solar panels this week), but until then the evenings are a struggle; there’s only so much reading you can do (I’ve read 83 books on my Kindle in just over six months).