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skintemma
322 posts
11 months
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Thanks for that weather update! Your app doesn't show the wind, I thought the Turdis was going to take off this morning... How do I follow Gill's blog - I couldn't see a button.
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Digger
5,752 posts
60 months
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skintemma
322 posts
11 months
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Thanks Digger, I had the address just wasn't sure how to get an email when it's updated.
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Pvapour
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6,252 posts
122 months
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ta digger  talking of blogs, is there any way of creating a dvd from this thread or Gills blog? Gills mum & dad are not on the internet & it'd be lovely for them to play a DVD on their TV some way, I guess I could screen shot the whole thread & output somehow. maybe a post in the computers section...
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Truckosaurus
3,529 posts
153 months
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Easiest DVD content would probably just be a slideshow of your photos with title cards as per the old silent movies (piano background music optional) every couple of shots with a description of what they show.
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DHE
2,007 posts
59 months
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Doing more good work. Always look forward to your updates. Tia is coming on well. skintemma said: Thanks Digger, I had the address just wasn't sure how to get an email when it's updated. Can you get email updates?
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2.5pi
317 posts
51 months
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Just a quick post to say what a fantastic project, really enjoyed reading the thread in one hit.
One of the most poignant things is that Mrs 2.5 pi and I are in a spookily similar situation , in fact we are on a trip in a fortnight to get our bearings in the Perigord , big thanks for the inspiration!
2.5pi
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smifffymoto
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74 months
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Any idea where in Perigord or is it a general fact finding ?
Pvapour
When you Google Razac 24500 on aerial view there is what looks likes a dirt oval,any ideas what it is.Could it be a grass track as that is very popular in that area?
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Roo
5,887 posts
76 months
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2.5pi said: Just a quick post to say what a fantastic project, really enjoyed reading the thread in one hit.
One of the most poignant things is that Mrs 2.5 pi and I are in a spookily similar situation , in fact we are on a trip in a fortnight to get our bearings in the Perigord , big thanks for the inspiration!
2.5pi Looks like a lot of people are doing the same thing. We're off to Dordogne on 2nd July.
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DHE
2,007 posts
59 months
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smifffymoto said: Any idea where in Perigord or is it a general fact finding ?
Pvapour
When you Google Razac 24500 on aerial view there is what looks likes a dirt oval,any ideas what it is.Could it be a grass track as that is very popular in that area? Horse & trap racing, not sure what the official term is. Quite popular in France.
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2.5pi
317 posts
51 months
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smifffymoto said: Any idea where in Perigord or is it a general fact finding ? We're basing ourselves in St Saud initially and gently bumbling around for a week or so, we then return for a further more detailed look in September , we're kind of waiting for the Euro debacle (currency one not footie..) to reach some kind of conclusion before getting too serious. I also need to persuade Mrs 2.5 pi that we need to move rather than holiday there all the time
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Pvapour
Original Poster
6,252 posts
122 months
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DHE said: smifffymoto said: Any idea where in Perigord or is it a general fact finding ?
Pvapour
When you Google Razac 24500 on aerial view there is what looks likes a dirt oval,any ideas what it is.Could it be a grass track as that is very popular in that area? Horse & trap racing, not sure what the official term is. Quite popular in France. cheers DHE tiz horse n trap, popped over to Eymet for Chinoise  so had a look, would love to go & watch one actually, greyhound racing for the Dordogne sans trilbys I hope  2.5pi, any help or pointers drop me a pm weather is looking good Roo, today is tooo much though  have a good one! return to blighty is possibly any day but also could be august  dont ask. 
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Waugh-terfall
17,990 posts
69 months
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I'm sure it's Eymet that my Grandparents have a painting of (by my grandma) hanging in their house. About an hour and a half down the D18/D708 from Riberac. Swear none of the French actually live there!
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Pvapour
Original Poster
6,252 posts
122 months
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probably, its very popular, not with us though, we'll visit for Chinese only.
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Pvapour
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6,252 posts
122 months
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house is moving ahead at a good rate still but this is as much about our journey as the renovation itself, Its quite easy for me to get absorbed by the build because I enjoy it with such a passion, sometimes though I realise how blinkered I've been to what's going on around me, not normally very long, a couple of weeks or so, but when I do open my eyes a little wider I like to capture the days that follow, here's a few pics of the things that have grounded me the last couple of days... the Macro photo flower bed that Gill planted specificaly for me & that I've not taken any pics in yet   _MG_3060 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3065 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3061 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3069 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3066 by pvapour, on Flickr late eve so a little lacking in critters, but managed a few, a favourite of mine & a few more around this year since it was wetter early on  _MG_3109 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3110 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3099 by pvapour, on Flickr morning glory on our grape vine trellis as we were to late for planting of the grapes, this is a weed apparently!  _MG_3165 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3162 by pvapour, on Flickr butternut squash  _MG_3159 by pvapour, on Flickr melons, love melons  _MG_3158 by pvapour, on Flickr in the 30s most days now, Tias been getting a little hot, set up a shower for her in the garden (for all of us really) but now the farmer is using sprinklers on our prune trees, she loves it!  _MG_3139 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3143 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3128 by pvapour, on Flickr  _MG_3124 by pvapour, on Flickr she's getting good at jumping  _MG_3152 by pvapour, on Flickr
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DHE
2,007 posts
59 months
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Pvapour
Original Poster
6,252 posts
122 months
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glad you like it anyone venturing over this week for their hols has picked right, its a lovely mix at the moment, good temps and not to humid. (hark at Michael fish ) 
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skintemma
322 posts
11 months
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Loving the garden photos, I'm just waiting to actually get on with ours. Structural stuff first on the house. I can't help thinking 'It's not rocket science, I'll do it myself' but I won't, that'd no doubt be a disaster! E
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Roo
5,887 posts
76 months
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Pvapour said: glad you like it anyone venturing over this week for their hols has picked right, its a lovely mix at the moment, good temps and not to humid. (hark at Michael fish ) What you talking about.  We had a thunderstorm Tuesday night and it's been raining on and off all day yesterday and today.
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Pvapour
Original Poster
6,252 posts
122 months
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you've upset someone Roo hope it brightens for you, we've downed tools for the mo as we're both laid up in bed ill  so thought I'd post some of what we've been doing to make our selves poorly last update was making good the stonework bed for the beam, this beam had its support removed so it was necessary to add another beam along side to help support things, so this is it in situ, pre stressed and bolted to old beam.  DSC02650 by pvapour, on Flickr  DSC02651 by pvapour, on Flickr this moved me onto the flooring upstairs, all the joists had to be removed, cleaned, re-sited and screwed into place, then 1" marine ply screwed down at 400 centres.  DSC02681 by pvapour, on Flickr  DSC02686 by pvapour, on Flickr  DSC02687 by pvapour, on Flickr  DSC02699 by pvapour, on Flickr this lead me to sort our some plumbing that needed to run under the floor, much easier from the top than below  DSC02707 by pvapour, on Flickr this is pretty much the future view from the bed, the pipes sticking up will be a wall with door to bathroom, wall will sit amidst the oak beams so you can still see them.  DSC02711 by pvapour, on Flickr Gills been chipping away at the old render, really starting to show its character on the outside now, we'll be pointing with lime render soon for some colour variations  DSC02710 by pvapour, on Flickr
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