We need to have the log fire burning in the late afternoon and evenings....

 .....so we have moved the desk upstairs to the small bedroom and so we can move the sofa further away from the fire.

 We seem to be getting through the logs at a pace

But now we won't have to fight about who sits and roasts directly in front of the fire.

Nous arrivons

Hello from Nantilly.
We were the third car on to the ferry and the third car off the ferry, pretty much to schedule at 8.00am this morning. We split the 4 hours and 55 minutes of driving from the ferry port at Le harve to Marsilly between us and with a couple of pit stops made the journey in five and a half hours. We pulled up outside the front door at 13.30.
Trouble free journey; the temperature never got lower than -1c and peaked at +4c. Roads all clear and there was no sign that there had ever been any snow once we got about half way to La Rochelle.We had packed a "picnic" to make a lunch during the journey but everything went so smoothly we ended up having the "picnic" on the kitchen table in number huit.
It was around 2.5c when we got here but the newly installed electric heaters had done their job and the ambient temperature in the downstairs was 14c. One slightly negative side effect of the radiator installation is that the place is covered in a fine dust from the work - so a nice bit of dusting to do.
On another topic altogether I learned a new acronym today CRAFT - it is a bit like a "senior moment" - Can't Remember A Fecking Thing.

The next two posts are photo's we took in October when we went to see the start of the Velux single handed round the world race start

We are having two electric radiators installed....

...possibly in by Christmas. One will be under the window in the salon area and the second will be a vertical one - a bit like this picture in the corner of the kitchen by the entrance to the larder / utility room. The idea is that when the oil runs out we will have the oil burner and its tank taken away. We are hoping that the electric radiators, combined with the fire will be enough.

A warm and wonderful day to end our four day weekend

Very lazy morning and that was followed by lunch at Relais de la Poste but then we went for an hour long tramp along the coast and back through the fields. Looks like the carrelets are gradually being rebuilt. Still lots of work going on along the shore in the wake of the storm. Flight home around 6.00pm.

Thinking of the New Year

The Velux House and views of the Velux 5 Oceans Race Village

Just back from Viviers.......

.....herself had the moules and I had the Saumon. They are staying open until mid Novmber and then will close until April 1st next year.
Friday's flight was the 10.50 morning flight which gives a sense of a pretty full day on arriving.The house was in good shape and not too cold, we plugged in a couple of electric heaters and headed in to La Rochelle. A nice lunch in the sun by the old port and then onto the Velux village. The excitement about the Velux 5 Ocean Race is building up and we spent a couple of hours mooching about the race village looking at the yachts and herself chatting up one of the skippers.
Tomorrow is the start and we are going to go down and join in the celebrations. Maintenant une verre du vin blanc je pense.

It is tough out here....