Have to build an ark

Another wet and dismal day, I'll either develop webbed feet or start building an ark. From Thursday it's been torrential here, much to my consternation, rain has been coming in under the door and the upstairs window. Many wet towels later, it's under control but I wonder how long it will take the towels to dry. I'm not wasting electricity in the dryer on those old things so they're on the line awaiting a dry day - some hope.
I'm spending my days on the net looking for new sites to advertise my gites on, preferably for free or at least with a free trial. There's a great site for holiday property owners worldwide, www.laymyhat.com which has a listing of such sites and I'm working my way through it. It's also great for forums, advice and tips so if you're in the business it's well worth a visit.
It's getting a bit worrying that after such a great summer ad so many happy guests, I've only got one booking for next year. Hopefully things will get going after Christmas when people start thinking about their holidays. I found a great Xmas prezzy for my partner (he'll never read this). In Plesse, about 15 mins away there's a micralight airfield that do tasters and lessons so I've bought him a 30 minute session with the birds and clouds. Very nice owner/instructor, Luc said that he can take the session whenever the weather's fine as he only lives 5 minutes away from the airfield so just a phone call away. I didn't realise how much there is around Plesse, there's a beautiful swimming lake with a child safe beach and woodland walks all around, karting that's open all summer and every weekend out of season, riding stables, and an aquajet and wind surfing centre. Only a short distance towards Blain there's also the Foret du Gavre with wonderful walks - I must explore this soon - weather permitting.
As I write this, my sons are on their way to Heathrow to fly to Jeddah, the older one is looking for gainful employment and the younger one recooperating from glandular fever. I'll be happy when they touch down and I know they're on terra firma.
I hope this weather dries up a bit soon, I have to crack on with weeding the field which entails the digging up of brambles, nettles, thistles and other assorted perrenial nasties. I have to clear at least half the area by spring in order to establish the grass in time for the summer season's guests. The other half I'll do as and when I have time after that, veg seedlings are very cheap and plentiful here so I don't have to worry too much about early planting.
Enough of the computer for now, I'm getting square eyes.