Debrah arrived on Wednesday, two days earlier than planned - hurrah. The project she was scheduled to work on, in London, was postponed, so she dived through the window of opportunity that presented itself, before anyone could close it.
She was shocked by the 15 degree temperature change either side of an hour and a half flight. Although I had warned her how hot it was here, she was still taken aback as she stepped onto the tarmac at Carcassonne airport - so no, I wasn't exaggerating.
Thankfully, the air temperature has dropped off to a more respectable level and we can all get on with jobs without sweating on everything.
The boys from Valencia left yesterday and my new guests from Grimsby (twinned with Valencia?, probably not) arrived this morning. The good thing is that wherever they come from, they all seem genuinely happy to be here - which is of course just fabulous from my perspective.
After Debrah had spent all day yesterday doing 'real work' avoidance (going to the market, arranging flowers, cooking lunch etc) we did a bit of real work on updating our website, before going out for a quiet supper at La Roulotte. We send loads of our guests to this restaurant but don't get to go there ourselves very often so it made for a nice change.
It ended as a not so quiet night because Denis was also eating there and so we got together and came back for a nightcap and we both felt a little jaded this morning as a result.
It didn't stop me delivering breakfast on time and it didn't stop Denis getting hold of my scaffolding and cleaning the archway roof, which was full of cobwebs and general dirt - looks fabulous now that it is clean and probably doesn't need the coat of paint that we thought it might. Good to see everyone chipping in with a bit of work on the building too.
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