Out with the old, in with the new.

Last meal cooked in the 'old' kitchen, soon to become an office.

New kitchen, so far. Still to come is a table in the centre, utensil racks and open shelving on the walls. Re-grouting of the floor tiles is about half-way through. All in all a vast improvement from previous kitchen.

Snowshoeing in Les Angles

Spent a couple of days in the eastern Pyrenees discovering a wonderful new area for snowshoeing; Les Angles, about 90 minutes from Perpignan. It is a ski resort and set in a lovely wide basin overlooking a lake (frozen at the moment) and surrounded by a stunning mountains. We were joined by three IML aspirants, who practised their winter/snow safety, avalanche risk, and navigation skills with us. Learnt many new things about trees and animal tracks too.

Taking shape ...

Kitchen progress: tiling completed, units in place and worktop almost finished too. Tomorrow the sink goes in.

Meanwhile, the wonderful spring sunshine is helping to ripen our first lemons on our tree. We have about 20 fruits in various shades from green to lemon.

Tiles are up ...

Small steps of progress with the kitchen installation. The tiles are up - just grouting needed to finish them. Then cupboards, oven, hob, dishwasher etc put in place before the bench top goes on. Also have to repair the floor where the fireplace used to be; currently it is a big hole going straight down to the cave.