I mentioned yesterday ...

... that one side of the barn roof is finished. well, here's a pic that I took this morning not long after I woke up.

It's quite impressive this roofing stuff isn't it?

No photos today because I haven't really done anything much. I started off with a little gardening and then went into Pionsat for 11:00 to meet Max the secretary of Pionsat's football club who had to sign a document or two for me.

Then it was back to gardening again and everything that is going to be planted this year is now planted and that is that.

That took me until 13:10 when I went chaud-pied into Montlucon. First stop was LIDL as they were selling some more 12-volt LEDs and at €3.99 too - I bought a pile of them. And then to Brico Depot for the guttering, the nails and stuff. No downpipes and no joints (it's a rather familiar lament isn't it?) but tons of other stuff, including a pile of drawers (not THAT kind of drawers, Rhys!). Yes, here I am planning to build myself a fitted wardrobe and a fitted kitchen and there they were with some end-of-range drawer kit - deep 40mm ones at €3.50 (you can't even buy the sliders for that) and deep 60mm ones at €5.00. I now have 8 of each which is impressive.

Following that was my test d'effort. They put me on a running walkway thing for 7 minutes and attached a load of electrodes to me. I ran about 2.5km in that time (and in that heat too - it's been glorious today) and the verdict is "very good condition for his age". I sound like a horse or an old Ford Cortina.

I'd missed the post by then and so I had to drive all the way to Clermont Ferrand to deliver my file to the Referees' Association, taking in a visit to the Auchan on the way. And I can't find my satnav now - another thing I've mislaid.

But the highlight of the day had to be in the doctor's this afternoon. He was helping me fill in the medical form -
"Sex?" he asked
"Put down 'yes' for that" I replied.
"Errrr ... I think they wan't you to put down 'M' or 'F' there" said the doctor.
"Okay - put down 'M' then" I said. "It's been years since I've had an 'F'".