#36 Installing double glazed windows; front wings respray and rust treatment on the Toyota

#35 New shutters, wood panelling, and a new window for the tower

#34 Wild swimming; tyres for the mower; a big thunderstorm and paneling starts in the tower

#33 Orchids and irises, veg garden, a bedroom windowsill, vintage workbench and welding window bars

#32 Truck chassis weld, art exhibition prep and box bushes

#31 Repairing the Toyota HiLux, window painting, a linocut print, and ground clearance

#30 Floor waxing, wood stove glass repair, drum lights and rock moving

#29 Lunch in the garden, clearing wood and a new bathroom window install

#28 A finished roof, zinc guttering, spring flowers, a bay tree, new boots and a welding mask

#27 Enamel sign, roof building, snow chain and a visit to Lauzerte

#26 Fitting a new window, changing headlights on the Citroen, lots of rain and sheets for the roof

#25 Morning fire lighting, changing van headlights, a new tool and work on the hangar continues

#24 Frosty mornings, warm boots and hangar brackets

#23 Cast mask project, cutting wood and a hillside walk

#22 Hangar roof construction and baked potatoes in the woodburner

#21 Hangar construction, a festive wreath and autumn colours

#20 A walk on the hills behind the house, hangar supports, collecting walnuts, a window lock repair

#19 Finishing new window install, fitting a timing belt on the Toyota, and rock moving

#18 Ladybirds, ladybirds...strimming, heavy rain and moving a cypress tree

#17 Starting work on the hangar

#16 Painting shutters and installing our first double glazed window

#15 Making a new wood store

#14 Adapting a cover for the back of the truck, and a road trip

#13 Urgent treatment for the living room ceiling, re-doing the outside steps, emptying the log store

#12 Performing at a village fete as part of a Brazilian Samba drumming group

#11 Tractor mower investigation, flower bed tour, Chanterelle mushrooms, our second drumming event

#10 A new flower bed in the garden, mending the shower rollers, mixing cement, stencilling on a drum

#9 Unexpected frosts, making a cover for the Toyota, front wheel bearings, cypress tree supports

#8 Morning coffee, butterflies and beetles, strong winds and a storm, making a cover for the Toyota

#7 Finding the old pigeonnier shutters, cicadas, mowing with the ride on mower

#6 Wisteria season, a steel worktop, original photo of the tower, and cicadas

#5 We found a cat in the basement, strimming the river garden, replacing the Toyota steering arm

#4 Issues with the Toyota Hilux and spending some time in the workshop

#3 Heavy rainfall, a mossy walk, log splitting and the first signs of spring

#2 Introducing our tower, making a worktop, refurbishing a trunk and maintenance on the Toyota Hilux

#1 Where we live in the valley