Sunday, 15 April 2018

Christopher here with us


15/04/2018

We are again in Marazzino with Christopher . He arrived on the 10th  and after  spending a couple of days in Locoe and Oliena we travelled up here on the North east of the Island , hoping for a couple of days of sunshine and a visit to the local beach. The day we arrived it was warm and a quick visit to the beach in the afternoon gave us some hope for a potential swim the next day. It was not to happen. Yesterday was very windy and apart from a brief appearance of the sun in the morning, the whole day was grey with high clouds. We decided to tackle the “ chessa” tree to free the high part of the garden at the back of the house. We made some good wood to be used in the coming winter.
Chris and his construction



In Locoe, after Lesley and Christopher had started freeing some olive trees from  new sucker growth, we also started to work on the big rock, cutting lots of wood and nasty brambles to free an area which had been inaccessible for many years.

Clearing for access

Big space now made near the rock

Carrying cuttings to be burned

A big bonfire

 It is now looking very promising  and could be a place to go for a rest in high summer when the heat will be unpleasant. Maybe we need to put up some benches or some sort of seating arrangement to supplement the weird shaped rocks. As for the cultivated area, it is planned to complete the two parts of the land (ours and my aunty's) with tomatoes, aubergines, carrots, courgettes, French beans and lettuces. This will be done from next Thursday.

Lesley and Christopher are going back to Scotland on the 17th whereas I will go back to Oliena  on Tuesday afternoon ready for making more bread the next day.




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