Chez Moi - Bonnifont - 2015   A record of what happens.

4 Jan - Start the New Year off with a puncture!	13 Jan- A little maintenance on the Warp Engine of my little spaceship in the study	because it would not fly the loop. Does now.	18 Jan - Another of one those things I've been dying to do since before we moved in.
Drill a hole through the kitchen/workshop wall	feed the pipe through	and Hey Presto! An extra base unit for Jen	Whilst the bottle sits neatly behind the wood boiler in the workshop.
26 Jan - Well, we've been putting it off for several years now, but the time has come for the Christmas Clock to be retired. NOT HAPPY :-(	31 Jan - It's always annoyed me that we have different coloured lighting under the kitchen units.	Having seen Gerry's LED's I found some RGB ones on Ebay.  So, empty the cupboards so I can get them off of the wall and fit the	cables.  Same with the Hob extractor hood
and the rest of the wall units.	Mikey's home made 90 degree bend for the corner unit.  Thank goodness for hot glue guns.	Bit of wiring above the wall units	and all done.
The LED's come with a remote controller.  The white light is very good	but you can have some fun with the remote. Curry night/romantic evening Red?	Aperitif Blue?	Veggie night Green?  Consistent light levels and 30 watts to run instead of the previous 100 watts.
Self adhesive waterproof RGB LED Strips - fantastic! You can select various fading/flashing options and they do a remote you can feed music to!!!	1 Feb - A hail downpour	Didn't last for long though.	3 Feb - Pellet burner mod. The burner was only supported by 1 bolt at the top
causing it to skew and allowing combustion gases into the workshop	I will add another stud at the bottom....some when!	4 Feb - First snow. Just a dribble and soon gone.	5 Feb - A bit more snow but still gone by the end of the day.
7 Feb - Brown grouting on the worktop always makes it look....well, dirty!	We've been dilly-dallying over this for years but today we decided.	Jen found some really good grout whitening on the web so....	after deciding we needed to steam clean it all first
Jen took up the challenge of re-colouring all the grout.	It looks much better although it will take a while to complete.  Looks good with the new lighting.	8 Feb - While Jen continues the grouting job I move on to another of my pet "wants", Wood stove heat exchanger.	Did a trial bending using co-ax cable first.  Then filled 5 metres of 10mm tube with salt
using various methods!	Then outside where I could wave a 5m length of tube around to bend up	two coils.  Then I had to get the salt out.	Two cross bars and a heat reflecting shield holds one coil on the back of the stove.  More to follow!
10 Feb - South westerly wind blows straight into the WC vent outlet - a new shuttered outlet fixed that.	11 Feb - Another thing we've been toying with for years.  Should we have a tablecloth on the kitchen table?	Yes, we should.	12 Feb - A job left over from the street lights, bury and protect the feed cable.
March 5 - Garden tidy up	(actually, our autumn tidy up!)	March 13 - Maverick repairs	March 14 - Lleylandii for the top hedge
30 of them dug in	and watered to infill hedge gaps	Then clean the summer kitchen floor	15th - Jen's murder mystery puzzle
while I cut the grass for the first time this year	16 - Pain de Michael (Michael's Bread) found in the local supermarket	March 21 - Nigel's 50th Birthday party	complete with special birthday cake
March 25 - Chainsaw maintenance	March 26 - Chemin hedge removal starts	A bit at a time I think with this job	April 6 - Time to trim the apple tree
Very little fruit last year so hope this helps	Bury street light cable under grass	April 15 - Emma, Dave, Archie and Katy visit	April 25 - Marconi's Birthday Celebrations
April 28 - Old summer kitchen sink	removal	and make good	May 2 - A change is as good as a rest so, faulting Gerry's spectrum analyser
May 9 - Mills on the Air Weekend	May 11 - Grass cut bottom field having left it for too long	May 13 - resulting in welding cutting deck mounting and new cutter drive belt repairs	May 14 - Jen's latest puzzle
"Rustic Repose"	Radio Nostalgia- Top certificate is when I joined the "Radio Society of Great Britain" on 8th June 1970 aged 15. The bottom certificate is when I joined the "Radio Amateurs Old Timers Association" 6th May 2015 aged 60.  Hmmm! Where did that time go?	24 May - Our neighbour Constant's birthday celebrations	along with all the family. Fantastic day. Thank you Sarah.
27 May - Our own little BBQ with Kevin and Susan	3 June - Renault service pre UK Trip	9 June - Hedge removal along our chemin	Just how we like it.  Wide open spaces.
14 June - Cornwall trip to see the girls.	Great trip to see our new granddaughter Lilly and to spend	time with Sam, Luke, Eva, Angie and Leo.	27 June - A little diversion for me, some radio ops upgrades.
23 June - Jen's wine ops continue to next stage	producing18 gallons of wine.	25 June - Solar Tracker fault.  Not tracking the sun.	traced to the battery and charger box full of rain water.
28 June - New external speakers and amplifier for TV. Much better sound.	1 July - Change the bathroom window glass to clear and add a window blind.	2 July - GR1 outside window repaint.	4 July - Add splash back tiles over WC sink.
11 July - Change kitchen sink Before	After	15 July - This years geraniums crop	17 July - Bloody roof tile critters back removing my tiles @ 4 am
The foam speaker fronts suffered in storage while we were waiting to move to France.	I finally got around to ordering some new foam and cutting it to size.	The speakers look as good as they sound now.	18 July - Puzzle swap over time.
and time for a summer puzzle	Ahhh! Yummy	21 July - Grass Cut bottom field	22 July - Apple pick-up. Looks as though pruning the tree in April has produced fruit.
22 July - Top field grass cut	2 Aug - Wine bottling Red Plum for John & Kate and Apple for Sue & Kevin	3 Aug - Summer Sunset	6 Aug - Windows 10 install
Bottling Peapod wine for Graham & Carol	10 Aug - Another new puzzle	An Evening in Paris	16 Aug - Jen & Matt tennis knock-a-bout
18 Aug - Roof leaks	26 Aug - Ellie, Steph & Matt on holiday so a day at the beach	and a meal afterwards	27 Aug - Disneyland Paris - Jen, Matt, Ellie & Steph in the rain
but it did brighten up the next day	29 Aug - Portebleu Restaurant	2 Sep - Edna's with Matt, Ellie & Dan	The kids are here again!
5 Sep - Wood time of year again	5 chords for the winter that needs to be stacked in the wood shed	7 Sep - New mig welder	that didn't work out of the box.  You can see why.
New 1m sky dish and low noise LNB to increase signal in bad weather to stop signal drop-outs.	8 Sep - New antenna for French TV. The piece of wire didn't work for long.	13 Sep - Collecting apples for Jen's Chutney	Chutney in the making
14 Sep - Poor Matthew and Dave. We didn't realise how the high bedstead made it so difficult for tall people to sleep, so I cut it in half and re-welded it with the new mig	15 Sep - Happy Birthday Mikey @ Portbleu	17 Sep - New memory mattress for GR2	And a new weather station for me.
The old Davis has finally given up.	Lounge wood burner grate repair using new mig	21 Sep - Even we have IT problems.  Our reliable Vigor main router packed up during a thunder storm so new ASUS fitted.	23 Sep - After 31 years I continue flying lessons. Thanks Jen X My first lesson was in this aircraft,  F-GKQH, due to the usual one being serviced.
This is the aircraft I usually fly F-GCRY.  More on the Flying page	4 Oct - Trip to see Emma, Dave & Archie	Where we had a walk around Retford, the river	and the Park.  Very nice part of the country.
We also found time to visit Lincoln	and Newark.  Lovely places with impressive buildings.	10 Oct - More IT problems @ Bonnifont.  Network switch gives up the struggle.	14 Oct - Garage tidy-up
16 Oct - Maybe the last Grass cut of the year!	17 Oct - Home made Chutney	and I make my first cheesecake! (from a packet)	20 Oct - New Grass Cutting equipment is delivered
I've got you now Grass	21 - New shelf allocation for Flying course	books, Headset and Pilots bag.	23 - We decided to try swapping GR2 & GR3
just to see what it would be like.	Both rooms look much better so they stay like this.	24 - Every time we go to use the wheelbarrow or trailer the tyres have	punctures so I ordered some solid wheels.
Oh Yes!  No more carrying the foot pump	around. A bit of metal bashing and welding but	well worth it.	2 Nov - Solar Tracker maintenance with a bit of oil and adjustment.
4 Nov - Christmas puzzle time - can't leave it to late!	14 Nov - Bottom field hedge clearing same as before.	The brambles had grown to 30 ft wide so time for a clear-up.	15 Nov - A couple of autumn leafy lane pictures
Where do all the leafs go then?	20 Nov - Spring prep, a new puzzle.	26 Nov - Man cave heating adjustment. Added new pipe so that my study radiator	runs from the Lounge wood burner. Now I'm warm when the lounge is warm.
29 Nov - New worktop and cupboards from	Utility Room as we now have	another Freezer.	30 Nov - First proper cut with the new flail mower.  I'm looking forward to the spring.
Flying homework whilst cutting the grass from the previous picture (on the Post-it)	2 Dec - Bottom Field log clear up	Cut up the branches we cut down into logs	and move them to the winter drying area.
2 Dec - Christmas decoration time	Same as usual	plus a new Christmas Carol clock	11 Dec - A few friends for a pre Christmas supper
14 Dec - Minced pies & Mulled wine post Civray carol service	19 Dec - We revive our roles in the "live action" Chatain Nativity scene	17 Dec - Sam, Luke, Eva & Lilly arrive for Christmas	so a little bit of prep work to get things ready
Eva couldn't wait to try out Papas new tractor	Mum & Eva having a drive	Eva tucked up in her Olaf bed.
	I found out she does like chocolate ice cream	Helping with the dinner
Lilly never stopped eating!	Christmas lunch @ Auberge de Blanzay	along with the rest of the gang	Mum and the girls cooking
		and then some Mum and Daughter craft time.	and very tasty they were as well
Craft work output.  Very good you two.	Christmas Eve and sending our Santa letter up the chimney	Not too early on the big day.  I think someone a little older was more excited!!!	This is a first! Family Christmas lunch in France.
			So, here we are again.  The end of yet another year living in France.  As the outstanding jobs get completed we have even more time to enjoy living here. And enjoy we most certainly do.
Little Lilly never stopped laughing.	27 Dec - All too soon they're on their way home	31 Dec - New Years Eve Murder Mystery @ Heather & Geoff's	BONNE ANNEE