Where did the time go?

Sunday 3rd February 2013

Just realised how much time has passed since our last blog. we are still having a lovely but peaceful time here in the centre of France. Believe it or not we have had plenty to do but as yet do not need a diary apart from reminding us of family birthdays etc back home. It is so easy now to fit in with the local lifestyles around here and one thing we enjoy is going out for lunch every so often. Its a strict 12 o'clock stop for lunch as all of France stops work and the local brassieres and restaurants quickly fill up with locals giving a lovely atmosphere. One waitress who speaks good english and loves Bradley has spent some time chatting to us at our table telling us how the French feel about various issues which has been really interesting.

Lorraine's shoulder is gradually getting better now so I will have to watch the left hook again soon!, it's the swimming that seems to be doing the trick and one more trip to the local physiotherapist before we move north next week should make things even better.

The sheep are constantly getting stuck as they search for more food in amongst the brambles, I now have a technique on quick extraction without getting thorns stuck in me everywhere. The one that got wedged in between the large rolled hay in the barn was another issue though and had me doing gymnastics by crawling over these large rolls of hay that stand higher than me and hanging onto the beams before she finally reversed and saw the light of day again. I must have been swinging from the rafters for about 10 minutes and later Ruth pointed out there was a door I could have used to get in to the stuck sheep!… duhhh, I'll never get my shepherds badge at this rate!

It rained on Friday so we drove to Chateauroux to get some bits and bobs and have lunch. Not much to see as it was a very wet day but only one unlike the poor UK. We watch the weather maps and for whatever reason all the bad weather seems to curl right over and around the UK, yes we get wind and rain here but it doesn't last and there are many drier days for things to recover.

Today we are giving the motorhome an early spring clean and start to get things ready to move north. We plan to leave here on the 13th or 14th Feb to arrive and be settled in our next house sit on the 15th Feb. 

Thats about it for now so will check in again soon.

Au revoir!