19/08/2007 by Bob and Di.

Its the 18^th August and we have enjoyed a lovely lunchtime BBQ with the 8 people currently staying on site. The weather was perfect and our guests spent the afternoon exchanging travel experiences while sipping their wine or beers! We’re now enjoying a warm sunny evening, a good opportunity to sit and write this addition to our blog.

Since our last entry, we have received authorisation for the changes to the chalet to turn it into a sanitary block, and we are preparing to go out for estimates for the building work needed – a new wall with windows and door to the front, and renewal of the roof. We are planning to do at least some of the work ourselves during the winter, but some aspects, not least the electrical side of things will need to be signed off by a professional.

Erecting the internal partitions is something we can do though, and we’re looking forward to putting up a new ceiling – one of those lovely dirty jobs especially as we’ll hopefully be putting in the lighting at the same time. The plan is to have the block ready for next summer, and that’s going to mean a lot of hard work. Timing will be important, as we really do not want this to be delayed.

In the meantime there is plenty more to do. The electrician starts work on the upgrading of the power supply at the beginning of September (after the French 2-month holiday period), and hopefully EDF will do their bit soon after. And we’re hoping that clearing the tree-stumps from the area into which we are extending the campsite will take place in time for us to sow the area with grass seed before the winter. Whilst no two years are the same, we were outside in shorts and T-shirts well into November last year, so at present we have time in hand.

We have enjoyed some great times with our neighbours

We are delighted to have enjoyed the company of so many visitors this year, our first since the visit of the sub-committee on 31^st January was the official authorisation that we needed. At present we have three RVs, one couple here for the first time, one for the second and one on their fifth visit - and they have delighted us by saying that they will be back in December for a stopover en route to Spain.

Tomorrow (Sunday 19^th August) we will be welcoming back the very first visitors to Parc Verger. They are heading south for the winter and Parc Verger is a convenient ‘stop-over’ for those going to such warmer climes as Spain and Portugal, not least because we are just a days drive from most of the channel ports, and just off the free motorway towards Toulouse and the border with Spain.

At the start of September we are to welcome back Mike and Carol, who spent last winter with us here, and who will be looking after Parc Verger for us whilst we go to the UK to have our new roof fitted. We’re booked onto the ferry on 9^th September, and hope to be returning two weeks later. More on our life at Parc Verger in due course.

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