Thanks for all your comments re-our bathroom electrics. Bob informs that the regulations when our original bathroom was wired pre buying the house are not the same as now and that even these regulations have recently changed. There will need to be some updating of the old system before we sell the house as it will have to have an electric safety certificate but having done his research, there are currently no safety issues. The bathroom has to have a local RCB breaker, although there is one in the main fuse box. The regulations here are very different from the UK. He has always had to be on the ball with legislation because of the nature of his previous employment.
Spent yesterday cleaning the bedrooms and new bathroom ready for our visitors, did some washing and spent sometime time dodging the frequent showers trying to get it dry. I did a little oil painting, on an unfinished picture started at my art teachers studio before he moved to the Lakes. I picked my crop of corn in the evening, which was better than usual but not as good as it could have been as the plants were severely damaged by last weeks storms. I was dozing in the chair by 9.00 pm but I put that down to medication given by the Doctor in the morning, as even the busiest of days rarely causes that. I missed the middle and the end of a repeat of Midsommer Murders. One of the advantages of aging is you can keep watching repeats of programmes but as you can never remember the story and the ending its like a new programme every time
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Suffering from an infection that has lasted sometime, I had to pay a visit to the local GP in the morning. Local being 7 km away. There are new Centro Medicos springing up all over Brittany, like the ones we have with localisation of physios , dentists, nurses etc. This is very different from when we bought the house, where GPs were based in offices in their own home and it was quite difficult to find one. They were spread far and wide. In fact I had a home visit once and the travelled over 9 km to see me. He must have taken pity on me and my norovirus as he never charged us for the visit. Anyway, back to yesterday. We arrived at 9.20 pm, and saw the Dr immediately. You queue at the Dr you want. There was a large queue of about 9 people at one Dr , ( must be popular) none at the area we went to. We knew this Dr by previous visits and reputation. Quick, efficient, no bedside manner, thorough. He confirmed I need antibiotics, checked my BP, which was on the low side of normal,( must tell my own GP, its obviously British politics that raises my BP) filled in all the paperwork and asked for his 25 euro which we paid before leaving. We were greeted with a handshake, and another as we were seen to the door. We were in and out in about 7 minutes, then it was up to the pharmacist for two items, costing 18 euros and back in the car at 9.40 am. We did queue at the pharmacy for a few minutes, but at home it can be 30-40 minutes. When we get home I shall put in a claim for the money. We used to get it all back but now we only get back what the French health insurance system pays out. All in all very efficient.
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you hate rattles too, Stanley? I have to wrap bubble wrap around the glass plate in the microwave, a layer of foam over the cutlery tray, remove the tray from the oven entirely, and pop foam behind the dining table where it straps down against the wall we had to buy felt covered clothes hangers so he can't hear rattles from the wardrobe!
Our LED Lantern and double burner gas stove will do just fine. Might go posh and take some folding chairs.