The Magic Bench.
I must get around to doing 'write ups'... blogs etc., more often. The trouble is there's always something that diverts the attention. If it's not renovating the house in Brittany or juggling bits on the Brittany or Normandy websites (whether here or there) then it's fiddling about and snagging on the house in England in the hope that we may sell it, downsize and spend more time in Brittany... Brilliant! Mention has been made recently on our FaceBook page https://www.facebook.com/AHouseInBrittany ...of the 'magic bench', an old oak job, painted 'flaking purple - slightly wearing thin look'. We picked it up from a house clearance we did (more about this another time) during a house sale transaction that fell apart. The bench is like Trigger's broom... It's had several new seats and two new backs but has lasted for years through wind, blazing summers, rain, frost and snow and performed quite magically for 13 years. It sits at the top