I go to the Brico DIY store, we deal with wood worm and have lunch in the pretty city of Pau.
(I had to re-upload the video because of a copyright issue, apologies).
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Good morning. Today I’m off to Bicko. It’s very exciting to get a few bits and pieces. I’ve got some DIY jobs I need to do. Got my new Bricko card. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] So, the other little surprise we had when we arrived in August was this new dust on the floor and lots of little holes. And uh quickly realized there been some active woodworm again. So, we had um a really nice local guy around who explained that it’s not dangerous. It just needs treating and it’s something that we could do ourselves, but he’s going to come back and do a full survey of the property for us. So, the first thing we have to do is hoover before we can apply a coat. Um it needs two applications apparently. So, that’s the first coat has been done. We need to wait an hour or so and then we can do another coat. Um, I think we’re going to take the children out for some pizza lunch just to get a little break. [Music] Hello. [Music] Wow. [Music] [Music] Okay. Well, it’s a new morning and I’m off to our local shop which is about I don’t know 10-minute walk, 3 minute cycle just to get some baguettes, croissants and some eggs which are from the local hens of the village. Good morning and thank you for your delicious eggs. So where we are, there’s lots and lots of maze being grown in burn apparently. It’s the main maze growing region in Europe or so I’m told. But I absolutely love it and it’s very quiet here and very peaceful. Okay, I’m back and I can’t film me cycling down the drive because I can’t actually hold my phone and cycle at the same time. Anyway, here’s here’s my welcoming committee. Hello. Hello. Yes, I’m back. I don’t have much for you though because it’s all quissants and baguette. Okay, I’m back and I’ve got my baguette, my eggs from the local hens, which are only about €2 or something, and some quasonants. So this is the main staircase. Lovely old wooden staircase. So through here, I’m not sure what you would call this really. Um, a garden room maybe. But I plan to have a lot of plants in here. I suppose a bit like an aranger. It’s also currently our laundry room, but yeah, it will be lovely once it’s full of plants. Maybe some nice wicker furniture. So, this is the kitchen. Um, we don’t actually have a a table or anything yet, but the previous owners left some outdoor furniture. Uh, so we’re using that at the moment. So, the plan for the kitchen is to is to keep it. Um, it’s been in, judging by photographs, since 1999. Um, but it’s it’s still functional and I like it. So, I’m just going to paint it. The kitchen is a shaon kitchen. So, I don’t want to rip this out at all. It’s a good quality solid wood kitchen. I just need to paint it. I’m not going to paint the the brown the wood. I’m just going to paint over the green. This cupboard in the corner I’m just going to leave as it is. I really like that color. Very pretty corner cabinet. So, the colors I’m looking at are borrowed light and palmer gray. So, I’ve had a quick go already on the walls. Um, I mean I do I do like the green and the yellow, but I’m much more of a blue person and a lot of my kitchen accessories are all blue as well. But when I was in Bicko the other day, I was looking at some of the French paint and I did like this brand called Liberon. Already said that wrong. Um, that caught my eye. I do like that color, that blue. And as I’m actually in France, it would be good to and probably easier to use some French paint. But this blue, a light blue would be for the cupboards. Um for the walls, I’m going to go for some sort of chalky white. Um like this in the background here. So that would be that’s the the card picked up from Faren. So like a chalky white. and then the cupboards would be um blue. And when I was in the supermarket after I went to Bicko, I saw this little handhel um with the Pyrenees on it and one of the Pyan sheep looking very dapper with a red beret and I thought, “Oh yes, I have to have that.” And also in a cupboard I found um these old photographs um of the Pyrenees and you can just see um this is our shadow and it must have been taken from the hill um behind us u with a very good cameras obviously makes the Pyrenees seem really close. They’re not that close. I don’t know how they’ve done that, but um in the winter they are beautiful and this morning even when I was cycling to get uh the groceries from the little shop, I could see the ponies and they are beautiful and I love living close to them. So this side of the driveway, there’s a driveway. I’ve got plans for a vegetable garden and you can see I’ve already started laying out um where I’d like the beds to go. So, I’m thinking to start with four beds and and then further on beyond that little tree um to put some fruits in as well and hopefully to get some chickens. I have actually kept chickens before in UK and I still got all my chicken housing. So that needs to come and be set up. But I think next spring would be the ideal time. But yes, this will be the future vegetable garden. There’s that huge tree is very very beautiful. Very very old I imagine. And then I think I’ll cut back some of this um growth so we get some a nice view of the vegetable garden from the chateau. Just needs a good tidy up in autumn I think. Rose hips. [Applause] So, I’ve shown you most of the rooms downstairs. I think um we also have a study and a boot room pantry. Um but I’ll I’ll show you those uh next time. Thank you for watching the vlog. I hope you enjoyed it and I’ll see you next time.