The bedroom window framed with the curtains from the farm guest house in Africa. I always knew I would find a use for them.
Not a great deal going on today but I did wake up and have a very good idea. This is where Jean usually puts his head in his hands and says "Oh no, what is it this time?"
It suddenly occurred to me while lying in bed looking out of the window at the huge pile of cardboard boxes and bags of packing paper, that it was daft to chuck the whole lot out. There is going to come a time when we will be in need of some, if not all of it, and remembering that we had a big woodshed with very little in it, I thought that rather than have to replace it all at some stage, it made sense to tie the whole lot up and store it. No sooner thought than done, and in five minutes the whole lot had disappeared from view so the trip to the tip was cancelled.
On the 1st September, it became law in France that every vehicle must keep an emergency triangle and a luminous vest on board. We found the vest quite quickly, but had a dickens of a job hunting down a triangle. All the big shops had sold out but we found a little auto spare parts place and managed to purchase his last one. Whoever is churning these things out must be making a quick buck, and apparently in Spain you have to have not one but two triangles.
Just as well we managed to get equipped because we returned our borrowed car today and from now on we have our snazzy Citroen to buzz around in. What a wonderful change for my poor aching shoulders to have power steering. We did make one rather nasty discovery when we drove home however. Usually I drive up onto the curb opposite the house while Jean unlocks the gates. I did this as usual and then heard a horrible grating sound coming from underneath. Clearly the hydrolics didn't like this operation at all and the car must have descended. I gingerly reversed back onto the road and managed to drive it into the garden and I just hope that all is well tomorrow when we take it out.
The drive up to the Gard region was so pretty today with the country bathed in glorious sunshine and the faintest hint of yellow appearing in some of the trees and the grapevines. It is so great to be able to pull on a pair of jeans and a light jersey rather than dripping with perspiration in a tee shirt and skirt. Our dressing gowns arrived in the nick of time and now we go out and sip our first cup of coffee in the garden and check on the progress of the vegtetables, rather glad to be snug in an extra layer.
News from the shipping people is that our three bags are coming down by courier, and I also hope that they track down the missing box with all our camping kit in it. We did get the tent, but that's no use without all the tackle that goes with it. There are certain people who used to say that my camping list was only slightly longer than the Gettysburg Address, but then again, you always got marmalade on your toast and ice in your gin and tonic on my camping trips! I doubt very much that we will get around to doing any camping, especially since we have discovered the joys of touring in an RV or Camper van (depending on which side of the Atlantic you are on), but who knows - maybe our grandson will get to use it one day, and I can pass on my list as well!
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