Saturday, July 24, 2010

23rd July- An easier day all round


 

A little less grey cloud than yesterday and it is a clear indication that the weather is turning again for the good. In the Lot valley it's not unusual for the weather to get warmer and warmer until such time as it feels it's had enough and so for 2-4 days you get a build up to a storm followed by the storm and then it dissipates and then starts warming up again.

We breakfasted light on croissants and pan-o-chocolate and together with a nice cup of tea we spent most of the time being nosy and watching all the people pack up their caravans around us and we feel that in the next few days we could be isolated here, great. For some reason in the middle of the night I heard this bang and poof and then the sound of running water. As it was quite light I assumed it was our neighbours disconnecting their water hoses ready for departure but after a minute or so the water kept running and so a quick look out through the bedroom window and I noticed that our eater hose had blown off the tap and water was running down the drain at a good rate and so a quick run around the caravan in pyjama's, turn off the hose, and back to bed and sort the problem later. As you can see there is lots of excitement when you caravan..

An easier day reading but as we breakfasted so well and really quite late we forgot about lunch and went straight to afternoon tea and strawberry flans, oh its tough out here I can tell you.

The German gay men couple have left being disappointed no doubt fed up that that the 'adults only' sign did not live up to their expectation. It's nice to see two guys with matching nipple rings. Perhaps I might give it a try at some stage, nipple rings that is!!

An afternoon of walking around the 30 acre site and then Jennifer made some chicken and bacon pasta flavoured with some herb cheese which we ate whilst watching the almost last remaining neighbours pack up their awning so tomorrow when they have gone we shall have a good clear view down the site to the last reaming stalwarts. There is another couple like us, both retired who came with the masons, most of whom left before we arrived, but as they like it so much here that they cannot make the decision of when to leave which they then keep putting off until tomorrow. At this rate they wil be here when we leave on the 9th August. Quite a few people come and leave there caravans on site for months on end and use it for a few weeks here and there throughout the week, not a bad idea really and one that we may also consider for next year.

Let's hope its warm enough to re enter the swimming pool; it's not that it's really cold it's just that we like the sun to be shining. There was a couple with two girls of late teen age staying the Gite who used the pool all day long but now they have gone as well. When we went by the pool to do the email etc there was only two people there, it's such a pity.