For some strange reason that we cannot possibly fathom out is that the French do not celebrate American Independence day, I wonder why??
Anyway it was a nice day again but we decided to do very little and generally take it easy. The day was filled with washing, reading and relaxing and of course the obligatory swim and we are both above the 12 length mark after stopping for large gulps of oxygen en-route. There were a few more people at our swimming pool today which is a bit disconcerting but then we were getting greedy. To celebrate the American holiday we decided to have dinner in the restaurant and it was really quite busy as about eleven people turned up to eat which was good for the owners as preparing dinner for two can be a bit of a letdown. Jennifer had the Fois Gras which she said was excellent followed by the remains of the Duck as in 'Confit de Canard' which she enjoyed tremendously. We sat close to another English couple who had arrived the previous evening in a 35 foot RV, he was a builder from London and specialised in internal walling and floors etc and he commented he had come on holiday as there was no work for his 35 workers.
It would appear that this is their first trip in the vehicle and not without its problems. Whilst dumping the contents of the 'Loo' after seven days the tube broke and covered him in stuff we don't want to talk about. The he reversed in to a wall having forgot his motor cycle was on a frame on the back and finally had some scrapes in the narrow county lanes. Jennifer who loves to read maps was able to help her understand the map legends and also how to recognise roads with bridges that only have 2.9 metre headroom which of course would not allow them to take their 3.2 metre RV under.
It was a pleasant evening although a bit humid sitting outside on the patio overlooking the pool, but we survived the experience. We were hoping for an American to turn up and by a round of drinks but no such luck.
