The alarm went off at 8.15, and we had a shower and were on the road at 9am. We tried to have breakfast at McDonald's but it was closed. So we ate apples and drove on, around the outskirts of Paris, and stopped for fuel and a coffee and madeleine cakes some time later. More driving, in much sunnier conditions now.
We stopped for a very good lunch about 12.30 at a l'Arche services. More driving. Turning off the A20, we headed towards St Cirq on somewhat alarmingly narrow roads, and arrived at 4.30. We drove up the paddock and parked under the trees. We met Sandie, John, Rachael, and Wolfgang (the clipped English sheep dog) and had a beer, mowed a patch for the tent, then set it up in the stifling heat. The view over the back of the property is stunning, and typically French. I helped Christian and John set up the marquee. We gave Sandie the paint and butternut squash we'd bought for her. Sandie went to collect her goddaughter, Annalise, from the station. Dinner with Sandie's neighbours - David and Susie - of steak hache, rilletes, bread, cheese, saucisson, and other delicacies, probably wine. Sandie and I talked about publishing.
No idea when we went to bed. The tent had cooled down a reasonable amount.
We stopped for a very good lunch about 12.30 at a l'Arche services. More driving. Turning off the A20, we headed towards St Cirq on somewhat alarmingly narrow roads, and arrived at 4.30. We drove up the paddock and parked under the trees. We met Sandie, John, Rachael, and Wolfgang (the clipped English sheep dog) and had a beer, mowed a patch for the tent, then set it up in the stifling heat. The view over the back of the property is stunning, and typically French. I helped Christian and John set up the marquee. We gave Sandie the paint and butternut squash we'd bought for her. Sandie went to collect her goddaughter, Annalise, from the station. Dinner with Sandie's neighbours - David and Susie - of steak hache, rilletes, bread, cheese, saucisson, and other delicacies, probably wine. Sandie and I talked about publishing.
No idea when we went to bed. The tent had cooled down a reasonable amount.
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