Daisy Glass at last 3-5 June 2023

Well, after a second false start - ie Trudy called to advise that the glass was to go in on a certain date, but then they received the wrong delivery, she called again while we were in Ningaloo to say it would definitely be there on Monday 5th  

So, I drove up on the Saturday afternoon, and went to the first Saturday on the Village Green at Kingower.  It was a special occasion, as Mark and Chrissie were opening up the old hotel for the last time (it had just been sold) - and having drinks and nibbles there 

It was a lovely night - with a lot of people there.   

The next day I attempted (and succeeded) to hook up the water pump and get it going to empty out the cellar - as there was now 28 cm depth of water in there - past the first step as you can see in the photo

 
I stuck a bit of wood in to measure the depth

Anyway, retrieved the pump and hose from the shed

Connected them up

And got it going

It was coming out pretty fast, so I had to keep an eye on the sink to make sure it didn't overflow (it didn't).  I must admit I was pretty pleased with myself, as last time, (last year)  I'd had to ask Terry how to do it 

After this a garden inspection 

First jonquils

A de-leafed fig tree with a few unripe figs (will pick them and make more preserved green figs )

Very green grass

And fully laden olive trees - will have to try and organise a time to pick and process into oil - except it's hard as we still only have 2 x operational bedrooms - so can't invite too many people up

And Hoorah, the glazier did come on Monday morning - and yes, the panes were measured correctly.  It's  a vast improvement not to have those crappy old modesty curtains there anymore.

And also as you can see - the tiler had been up since the last time we were there, - putting in the Turkish panel tiles, and also the surrounding white tiles - still have to wait for the plumber to come back and fit off the taps/shower/toilet etc 

And the drain is in also

And here's the upstairs bathroom - we'll have to repaint the walls in here and also the trim ie window frame, skirtings, door - as they hadn't been done

Anyway, this daisy glass is a great leap forward, as we hated those curtains (but hadn't down anything about them til now)