[Taking paint from the UK to France by car/ferry.]

Hi

We have bought gallons of emulsion, as long as it is unopened with us from the UK, both through the tunnel and on the ferry, and there is not aproblem, BUT it must be unopened, and for personal use. We checked with euro tunnel and the ferry operator and they had no worries about it.

[Severe weather warning]

Merlin,

thanks for checking the house out for us, lovely to know that there are still really good guys out there.

Look forward to meeting  you  next time we are down...

THANK YOU

[Severe weather warning]

Hi pachapapa,

thanks for the info on insurance we are covered for Catastophe Naturelle and Evenments climatique, who or what is MAM?

Merci Liz

[Fuine deterrent]

Hi Christian,

we have suffered with fuines in the roof, and only found this out on a visit, when the place absolutely stunk of heaven knows what, really awful, no way could you stay in the loft, even with windows open, I know you have not asked about the smell, but found that looking up 'skunk smell and deterrents'  on Yahoo USA was quite helpful. Yes I know for those of you out there, that fuines are not skunks, but they have one thing in common, they leave a very similar calling card, the most awful stink that no amount of washing with or without tomato juice, yes, tomatoe juice, moth balls, air freshners, bleach, the only thing I haven't tried is the peroxide, and this I will do the next time we are down.