Chalet Spring Clean

Somehow it was decided that the Chalet needed a Spring Clean, so three willing (?) volunteers (?) were rounded up and found themselves at the crack of 9am last Wednesday emptying the Chalet of everything moveable. Once all furniture, including the fridge-freezer, had been moved out, we were surprised at how big the Chalet actually was.

The Chalet is more or less empty and we are nearly ready to start the hard work of cleaning. (Meg on the left and Jo Muggins, aka "secretary bird", on the right – the derriere behind them is rumoured to belong to Robin)



If in doubt, chuck it out . . .not quite sure what Meg is consigning to the bin this time, but at least it’s not the fridge-freezer, which is on the right of the picture.


Everything is now outside the Chalet, including all the furniture (John’s beloved chair is on the right of the picture). Fortunately the weather was sunny and very little wind. Robin (in this picture) did a magnificent job in removing the accumulated ice from the freezer, a job which involved several hours sitting uncomfortably on the ground.

Jonathan came just before lunch to render first aid to the Computer, and having ensured that it hadn’t suffered from all the dust we had stirred up, set to to help with the rest of the work – thank you, Jonathan

Very many thanks are also due to Meg and Robin, who worked incredibly hard, and to Solo, their standard poodle, who did an excellent job of supervising us.

(That "Secretary Bird" was also there, generally getting in the way as usual, but forgiven as she kept the workers supplied with tea and cakes!)

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