Living in Brittany

Easter seems to have passed in a flash this year , we had some friends at the beginning of April when we seemed to be celebrating birthdays most of the week, still it was good fun. Since then we seem to have just French families stay + a foster association who left without paying but I was assured there is a cheque in the post!!
This week we had some maintenance done on the pool as we are having the liner changed next week and as there is a problem with ground water and I've tried using various pumps and non return valves but as they usually go wrong decided for a more radical measure. Sink a well next to the pool. The first thing is to decide on the exact location so I use a wire coat hanger, cut in two then straighten them out and form two L shapes. Those are my divining rods, then walk slowly around the back of the pool one in each hand and when the rods cross that's the place to dig.So the digger man makes a big hole, 3 metres, nothing except a French smirk. I start shuffling around pick up some of the uncovered clay it feels moist I feel slightly more confident. Then at 4 metres its as if he had cut through a pipe the water starts to trickle in and the sides of the pit collapse.Success, so we then drop in the round concrete sections, the first one disappears under the water which is by now a metre deep, the fun bit for me was sitting in the digger bucket and being lowered to the bottom of the pit to release the concrete ring. Now I have this free supply of water I was thinking I could have a water feature in the orchard, some sort of fountain. I'll have to work on the idea.
On Thursday I am off with the "Harmonie" to Germany we are staying in Gunsberg in Barvaria which is twinned with Lannion. Its actually the oldest twinning of a French town to with a German town. The poor citizens are going to have to listen to our musical offerings for a week still there is a beer festival there at the same time