A New Water Meter

Susan wrote on the 11th February about the holes that have been dug in our street. The work commenced early February and was due to finish the 22nd February. Yesterday things started to progress in a forwards motion, and at last we can see what it is they are doing.

Work in Progress: I asked Gilles from the council what the thin pipe (or maybe bundle of wires) is,
and he said he had no idea, but that whatever it is, it's old and of no consequence.

The water arrives in our street in a 25cm (more or less) cast iron (I think) pipe. From there it branched off through a lead pipe to our old meter. Now it does similar, except it branches off through a reinforced rubber coated pipe into a shiny new meter.

Our shiny new meter. You can see our neighbour's cruddy old meter to the left of it.

Although there are holes all along the street, and diggers and trucks, the workers have been really good at moving said equipment so we can get the cars in and out. We had to take Célestine to the garage earlier this week, and a Traction Avant needs a lot of room to manouver. They were able to accommodate us without complaint, and have been happy to show us the work and discuss it with us.

The only thing that has really suffered is that the garbage truck can't get to us, so we have to take our bags to the bottom of the street.