HGVs and Transylvania

Killing two birds with one stone, and because I have so far failed to mention HGVs as promised above, here's a photo taken last week, of Dan Dan the Truck Man thundering through the village in Transylvania. Dan now has two trucks, an old green thing and this rather newer white and blue number. Dan is the Man who fetches all the wood, sand, gravel, concrete bricks and assorted building materials from the main road all the way up five miles of potholed roads and hair pin bends, 500 metres up to the village, and up again over the hill to my house, along a track which had never seen a motor vehicle till I got Dan over there for the first time.

For more Transylvanian photos, and the latest from my Carpathian village, hit the Transylvania Adventures link opposite.

Spring clean addendum

Bliss. I came back yesterday after 9 days out of the country, to find a beautifully empty little bedroom (see 9 April for spring clean story) now painted by the fab Steve (anyone need an ace decorator in Liverpool, let me know) in brilliant white with one wall a luscious duck egg blue. The walls now look huge (Edwardian terraced house with high ceilings) and the extreme cleanness, freshness and glorious uncluttered colour are balm to the soul. I shall keep the room empty, bar one chair, and use it as a retreat during stressful days. I will, I will. I will not stuff it full of rubbish again, no no.