Morning Blog Fans

It seems an eternity since I last sat here scrawling down the ongoing antics of our French adventure. Three weeks is far too long between blogs and I shall make every effort not to let it happen again.

July has been a completely manic month of racing around, making beds, doing washing, tidying up, drinking beer and generally partying our socks off. It's not over yet either as we are off to the UK tomorrow for a flying visit and a bit of a party before notching everything up a gear in preparation for the softball weekend that kicks off this time next week.

The good news for this month is that, with the great change in the weather, we finally got the hay cut, baled and put away in the hay loft. This has been the latest it's ever been cut prior to the softball and the crunchy stubbly playing surface will be a novelty in itself but I'm sure I should be able to smooth it over with a few beers or perhaps a glass of Pimms.

A new event to the calendar this year, as a result of poor timing for the Queens Jubilee, was a family only weekend. Although I was a little sceptical about the potential success of the weekend, all in all it was an absolutely brilliant affair, dragging over 25 members of my family here from the UK. It was lovely to just sit around, beer in hand, and chat with no pressure of anyone having to rush off or drive home. There were a few tearful moments of reminiscing and sharing stories of Grandpa, but it was great to be able to have that time and appreciate what a great influence he had been on all of us. Thank you to all the family, especially the Danes, for making the effort to be here with us and make the weekend another memorable one in the history of Chateau Larcombe.

GREAT EXCAVATIONS feat. Josh

I finally let the well get the better of me and had no choice but to go all out and locate the water. Just like all responsible adults, I attached a rope to the child before sending him to work. There's no doubt he has the working gene as he was clearing rock at a rate of 1 meter per hour.

We are now down to the water level and ideally need to go down another meter, but that will be a job for a sunny day. Until then we have heaved a large slab of rock over the entrance to keep out any unsuspecting animals.

There's been plenty of work going on over here during the last few weeks, unfortunately most of it has been for other people. Next week will see the start of the school holidays so from there on in we should start making some progress around the house.