Clotilde's house is gorgeous but it's really discouraging to hear her say that it took 46 years to get it into the state that it's in today. And she showed us a pic of how it was when she bought it - and it really was a right tip too.
Back at Pooh Corner I've been helping Terry with Lieneke's roof today and that's going to be the plan for the next few weeks I suppose. And her roof is a right mess - far worse than mine was - and only patching a part of it is not going to be a long-term solution, for the more that you rip off the more damage that you find.
The chimney is leaning quite ominously too and I don't like the look of it.
But it was hot up there on that roof today and my being stung by a wasp didn't help matters much. 30-odd years since I was last stung by a wasp and now it's twice in as many weeks.
And we've set a couple of records today. A total of 317 amp-hours on the two banks in the house will take some matching. And 44 degrees in the solar heat exchanger and 42.5 in the electric heater - those figures are impressive too. I've been thinking about the electric water heater - a 25-litre oil drum would do the job but an old milk churn with lid would be even better. I need to search the brocantes.
But at Clotilde's this evening I did hear a story about a man who ran some cold water slowly onto his tin roof and took a shower underneath the downspout - and burnt himself, the water was so hot. And here I am, just having fitted about 150 sq m of metal roof on my barn. I'd love to try that out!
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