Field trip!

Hi everyone, I haven't got a whole lot of time to write at the moment so its just a short post (I think) but something's better than nothing. On Monday morning Joel and I worked on the new workshop. We had to take out all the wooden supports that had gone in to pour the concrete, sounds easy you might think - nope! They supports were all nailed, screwed, partially concreted and dug in; it took all morning to get the job done between us! Luckily we finished as lunch time arrived because once again it was far too hot to be working - 35 degrees!
After a siesta we moved on to work in the shade although it was another fairly heavy going task; shovelling dry, composting horse manure was the next project in the list. This was because all this muck was right where we planned on moving almost a whole cinema's worth of chairs the following day - sounds bizarre I know! Fortunately it only took us two hours and after a quick scrub and clean up we headed to the bar for some much needed internet time. We didn't get to the lake but we all had a lot to do online instead.
The following day we were up and on the road by 7.30 am for a field trip! We headed to a place called Eymit, about an hour away, and arrived at the Salle De Fate. The owner had decided to revamp the theatre so Greg and Carly decided to by up the old chairs, keep some to use and sell the rest for a profit. All morning we unscrewed chair feet, detached seats from backs, split rows into more manageable lengths and did everything else required to transport half a cinema down the road. It was quite heavy going but once we got back it was quicker to unload the van then had lunch. Since we'd worked hard and completed our work hours early we had the afternoon off so it was off to the bar in the spare car (with Joel driving) . We spent about an hour in there and I got properly registered for the next part of my uni degree - 'investigative and  mathematical skills in science' starting in  October and 'discovering mathematics' starting in February. Now I could have waited to apply for the second one later when maybe there would be more courses available to register for with start dates around then but I can only apply for funding once a year so it wouldn't have worked. I'm not to sure if two maths subjects is a good idea but the second one sounds more straight forward so fingers crossed it goes OK. When we got back to the house we waited for Greg, Carly and Fred to return then headed over to Carly and Greg's friend's house to chat and retrieve Basil before we went to the lake. Once we finished there it s time to head home but as we dove up the drive Greg stopped the car to point to a bird up ahead - a Hooper or a Hoopee or something similar ( the name is floating around in my subconcious somewhere but i can't find it exactly)! It's an awesome little bird that has a crest on its head which basically can become a full on orange Mohawk! Anyway after the bird spotting moment we had dinner then an early night on preparation for another early start.
Wednesday morning followed the same pattern as the previous day however once we'd finished loading up Greg's and Fred's vans we met a friend of Fred's who works in the town. The guy, who may or may not be called Camille as his business card suggests moved from London and now has a vintage little Citroen van which he's converted into a classic ice cream van. Since we gave him a few chairs he gave us free ice cream - best ice cream I've had in a long time - and a coffee on the house too! He seems like a right character and overall a pretty cool guy but we had to get back on the road, so with a promise to look him up on Facebook we headed back home. Lunch was made almost immediately so we waited and unloaded the vans afterwards before having a chilled out afternoon. Greg's friend Penny arrived around 7pm with her two month old daughter and after catching up at the house we all headed to the lake. Joel managed to swim right over to the other side - pretty impressive - and Fred went half way across too but the rest of us were content to hang out in the shallower area and just enjoy the cool water. After a while we headed to the bar and got two big portions of chips between us - there were six adults and two kids after all! Having finished up there we came back to the house for the main course a well known local duck dish ( the name of which I also can't fully remember - I blame the heat). It was decided that Fred and Penny are going to stay so we set up a makeshift camp for Joel so Penny and the baby could have the bedroom, and Fred put a mattress in his van. We sat in the house with the record player on drinking and enjoying the music until quite late until 2am when everyone else had disappeared to their makeshift homes. Instead of heading straight to bed then Joel and I sat and watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, well we watched most of it but we were both asleep by the end. By this point it was almost 5 am so I headed to the caravan and got a couple of hours sleep before starting work again.
All the work was done around the house today so we didn't have a set time to start, just as long as we worked our time. I started around 7.30 am to get going before it was too hot but ended up working extra since Joel was still working later (having started a couple of hours later). I spent the morning doing a number of jobs: clearing part if a field with a scythe so the fence could be replaced, watering the vegetable garden and taking up all the onions, and with Carly and Joel I helped with weeding around and watering the fruit trees, taking down an old barb wire fence, 'watering the sheep' and helping clear a new path to the sheep field. Luckily by 2pm it was time to finish for lunch before it was ridiculously hot once again and I was in desperate need of a break and a siesta! Anyway, the post isn't quite as condensed as I planned but what can I say - I love to write!
Speak to you all soon!