Another very windy night; the gazebos survived.
We went to the post office to collect our mail; this is the first time it’s been open for two weeks (holidays) I was expecting a few letters (mainly the documents for the car), I got a circular – very disappointed.
We went to the village shop for the first time (Pam and Mark had found out where it was); it was all very friendly, as expected prices are a little more expensive than in town, I had to pay 1€30 for a bottle of wine!
We went to the builder’s merchant, to order more sand and cement, we also ordered the blocks for our gate posts; Brett thought they would cost about 5€ each – they were 1€25 (so our gate posts will cost us all of 15€, plus mortar).
And then we were back to the track, moving the biggest stone of all; it measured 5’ x 2’ x 2’, I honestly didn’t think Brett could budge it, he moved it back a foot – the power of levers!
Shovel in photo for scale
Now about 12" back
We spent a lot of the day monitoring a fire on the horizon, about 12 miles from us; and watching the helicopters and aeroplanes bombing it with water. If the wind had changed direction we would have evacuated, fire can move at 70+ mph depending on the speed of the wind.
Scary fire
Tonight was ‘pizza night’ at Pam and Mark’s; another lovely sociable evening. We met their ‘workawayers’ who already seem to have done a load of work; planting vegetables, preparing the dough, tomato sauce and salad, and designing a compost toilet. This workaway lark looks like a good deal; you get free labour in return for board and lodging, plus a dinner party each evening – which they often cook for you too!
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