Something that I forgot
to mention last week with reference to the snow, was that in spite of the trees
being completely covered in the stuff, when it melted, the blossom was still
there and totally unaffected. And when the snow began to melt, which happened
the day after the fall, it didn’t drip down slowly and make a slushy mess but
rather, fell off the trees in great lumps making an audible thump as it hit the
ground and then just disappeared! By mid-afternoon the day after the snowfall,
there was barely a sign of it ever having happened. A mildly surreal
experience, to say the least.
On Monday of this week we
awoke to rain drumming on the roof. Not a great incentive to get out of a cosy
bed! And it didn’t stop all day. It just rained and rained and then rained and
rained some more. Nice for the farmers, I suppose. By Tuesday it had cleared a
bit and work re-started on the Land Rover, which by now was in the final stages
of reconstruction. It was an on and off procedure as the rain was not completely
finished with us yet, but came in sudden showers which stopped as quickly as
they started. Wednesday was more of the same, so with the Land Rover about as
far as it can go, a decision was made to use Thursday to do a bit of necessary
maintenance on our little Goldie. I think the fact that the available assistant
labour was of a better quality than usual may have influenced the decision. As
it turned out, it was a beautiful day but the work had to be done. In the
afternoon we went for a short drive around and on the way back we took a road
which I was sure had had some ancient Roman tiled floors that were being
excavated at the side of the route. It was a lovely scenic drive, but I was
annoyed and a bit disappointed that we didn’t see the Roman tiles again.
Perhaps I shouldn’t have mentioned them because Pieter is now all fired up with
enthusiasm to find them and we have covered a fair amount of countryside
looking for them. Without any luck, I may say.
It hasn’t only been a week
of working on cars though and we have managed to find time to eat out a couple of
times in between whiles. In fact we had just returned from a very lengthy lunch
today when the skies darkened, there were a few grumbles of thunder and it
suddenly started to hail! We really have been treated to every type of weather
this week! We have had rain, and plenty of it; stormy, gusty, howling wind; beautiful sunshine with
clear skies; and now hail in great abundance. It will be interesting to see
what else is in store for next week.
Oh yes. I almost forgot.
Pieter has the most interesting pair of shoes of which I just had to include a
picture.
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