{"id":198,"date":"2012-06-30T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=198"},"modified":"2022-01-07T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:25:10","slug":"its-pouring-down-with-rain-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 30th June 2012 – IT’S POURING DOWN …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… with rain outside.<\/p>\n

The first time we’ve had a really decent downpour for a few days, and you can see how much I’ve become embedded into the local agricultural way of life with my potager<\/i> – looking forward to the rainstorm.<\/p>\n

This morning I slept through the alarms for a change. I was having a nice dream about a former friend and his family and it’s a long time since I’ve had a really pleaant dream.<\/p>\n

But anyway after breakfast I did some more work on the laptop and then went out shopping.<\/p>\n

I’ve bought a few new toys too. LIDL was selling Brother PC label-makers a while ago and I was tempted at \u20ac20 but I didn’t bite. Anyway, they were reduced to \u20ac10 today and so I grabbed one.<\/p>\n

I also met Rosemary and we went to Cheze where they were selling 510-litre water butts for an incredible \u20ac32. Rosemary wanted one, and I’ve decided to buy two of them.<\/p>\n

What I shall be doing with mine is that when I take the scaffolding down after I’ve finished the wall of the lean-to, I am going to put up some guttering to catch the water off the lean-to roof and sink a large tank into the ground to catch it all.<\/p>\n

But meanwhile I can link these two together and use them as settling tanks with the take-off for the subterranean tank about half-way up the side. That will still leave 250 litres of water at the bottom of each tank.<\/p>\n

If I put a tap at the bottom of the first tank, then I can use the water in there (which will be pretty dirty) for watering the vegetable plots. That will help empty the dirt out of the tank.<\/p>\n

But I’m getting more and more fed-up of Brico Depot.<\/p>\n

We went for the guttering for Rosemary’s barn yesterday but what they had on offer was all badly-damaged rubbish sold by surly staff.<\/p>\n

At Bricomarche in Commentry she paid a little more but got everything she wanted and in pristine condition too.<\/p>\n

There was some stuff that I wanted too but Brico Depot don’t sell it. They suggested a work-around, but that would cost a fortune.<\/p>\n

However, Cheze had exactly what I needed. They also had an inner tube for my wheelbarrow, that has saved me a fortune on a new wheel.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I’m off out with Marianne. She did tell me where we are going but I have forgotten. I suppose that I will find out soon enough.<\/p>\n

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