Tuesday 23rd October (Daves 60th birthday!)

Digger man arrives at 8.30......

Work begins on removing the old water tank.

 Dave sawing through all the reinforcing bars.

The tyres from the truck have sunk in a bit....but he did level them all out before he went !

Dave giving instructions on how much beer he wants!

No Dave you cant have it as a birthday present !

 Back wall of our house revelled and drying already !

The very shaky remains of the steps....

Moon rise on Dave's 60th......

Monday 22nd October

Terrific, deadly storms in our area, for the last week or so, stopped the work here for 11 days.

 I will start with some pictures of the flood waters in the valley olargues and St Ettienne d'Albagnan and then move on to the work at Cailho.

The route to Cailho

Rain stopped a few days ago, and the digger driver arrives to have another go !

End of 22/10/2018

Day one . In the afternoon....

11/10/2018.......PM

12/10/2018

Called off due to TOO much rain !

Digger Arrives 11/10/2018

So after a weekend of drizzle, followed by a rainy Monday and torrential downpours Tuesday and Wednesday, the digger finally arrives on Thursday, only 10 days later than originally planned !
Matthew the driver unloads and arrives on site, pulls out the cherry tree, then says he will be back this afternoon.....so i have a chance to upload these pics now. He has also said if it gets too muddy he'll stop....

These pics are self explanatory i think !!

That was this morning......

Ugh!

9th October, Heavy rain overnight, thunder storms predicted, alert orange!
Digger man rings to say.... RAIN HAS STOPPED PLAY

weather for next few days looks the same!

Date for starting has been moved to 9th October due to unforseen circumstances.ie we live in France ❤️🇫🇷