Maximum temperature today 16C, minimum 6C. Dry; 3 km/h North Easterly winds with up to 17 km/h gusts.
Looking up to the church in Villbois Lavelette...
A quiet road.
Interesting door and balcony.
The restored house of Francois de Corlieu dates from the 15th or 16th century. De Corlieu was a historian and counsellor to the King from 1544, but unfortunately drowned in the Charente river in 1576.
Under the roof of the covered market looking down one of the roads...
A close up of the Wisteria seen in the above photo.
Leaving the town down the immaculate road.
I do love these leafy lanes.
A bank of bluebells and almost home again.
Now to tell you the reason for the visit. We had an appointment with the notaire in the town.
Looking at this photo, our house is with green shutters on the left. Opposite us is the house with red shutters that belongs to French sisters. BUT the barn attached to their house between the two houses belongs to the people who sold us our house. The barn was never part of the original deal, though we have managed to rent it for storage over a number of years, The owners also have a lot of things stored in there.
We have asked a number of times if they would sell and there was no interest in the request. A year ago they decided to sell but the price was too high. This week we have agreed on a figure, and the papers were signed at the notaire on Tuesday. We now have to wait 2 months for all to go through the official paths, but by the end of June, we should be the proud owners of the barn. It is in good condition all but the door, so that will be job number one. Then we hope we have a safe storage place for wood, bikes, car, trailer etc etc. We are both delighted that all appears to be going as planned.
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N.B. My new bird blog is HERE
Part 6 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.
