Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Quack, quack, quack etc splash, splash


Yes, it’s been raining; actually it’s been raining quite a lot really almost for the past two weeks except for the odd break to let a shower come through.
So we have filled in the time travelling around looking at little towns and villages and some shopping from time to time.
Although we are extremely satisfied with this site  and its excellent facilities and environment it’s always good to look around which we did last week at a couple of sites, none of which measure up to where we are staying.
The site last week filled up with mostly Brits escaping the Jubilee celebrations or a chance to take the kids away during their school holidays but by last Sat night they had mostly departed and the site became a little quieter not that it was noisy anyway.
It’s the start of the European Football Cup and so we have spent a couple of nights watching the football, Germany and Portugal was a poor game but Spain and Italy was a lot better but mistakes from both sides meant the latter game ended up in a draw. We had hoped to watch the Canadian F1 GP but when Noel arrived at the room set aside for TV etc, the last remaining Brits had taken up seating positions for the Spain game which was half way through. We waited for the end of the game and could not find the GP anywhere in fact many of the stations seemed to be covering some form of elections. So when writing this we have to yet to finds the result.
We are planning to attend the F1 GP in Austin Texas in mid-November and our friends booked tickets at a presale only to find the ticket we really wanted had been sold out, or so we thought as we found out they issued more tickets a few days later. Bastards…
Yesterday we did a trip down to Lisieux to look for the old cars parade and we nearly missed them and found them at the local horse racing track and was able to take a few good photos. A lovely roller in good nick was really nice.
Today I am writing a report for the forthcoming residents AGM covering the efforts of the privatisation subcommittee and the latest status, lovely thing to do whilst on holiday but oh well somebody had better do it or it won’t get done.
Learnt that the street had an impromptu party during the Jubilee celebrations which we missed but understand it was a success with only three dead and two mortally wounded via the demon drink.
Maybe I am rambling around a bit and that is no doubt due to the rain affecting the brain but anyway today, Monday 11th May we awoke to guess what?? Yes it’s raining again but never being daunted we are planning a visit this afternoon to the large supermarkets around town, well its free to park and its undercover and lots of different things to look out. We love this wonderful French tradition where parking everywhere in France is free from 1200 until 1400 to allow people to park and have lunch. I might suggest this to Elmbridge County Council and see what they say.
One last thing on this blog is the proposed Morrison supermarket for Weybridge which is massive and is equal in size to all the other shops in the town put together and it will have a devastating effect on the town. Let battle commence.