BEAUREGARD…The Blog
….France,Family,Friends….Archive for July, 2008
Frying tonight…..
Are fish and chips worthy of a mention, I wonder? Alongside moules mariniere, they seem humbled and dare I say it?….almost common. But fish and chips are what we had tonight and lovely they were too!
Dad and I travelled to Pessac, on the Dordogne, met up with friends, put our order in at the mobile chippy, sat outside the bar, enjoying a beer or two and tucked in. Cod and chips, mushy peas for me and a whopping pickled onion….Heaven!
What was that you said about integrating?
Tour de France…Lot et Garonne - Gironde Stage
Full of good intentions and bravado, I cycled to Plums on Saturday. Everso gently uphill for most of the way, comfortably clouded and a mere 17km, I’m pleased to say that I made it. I must have looked quite a sight on arrival, judging by peoples comments when I fell through the door at the other end. I had soon, however, recovered enough, to detail, hill by hill, slope by slope, the highlights and twists and turns of my journey.
A pleasant evening of moules marinier and white wine followed. Not to mention aching legs and a need to sit down very gingerly.
I was accompanied on my return stretch by Plum on her newly acquired bike. The pace was a bit slower and steadier. Having gone mostly uphill the day before, I had imagined that the return journey would be a freewheeling breeze…a gentle drop back into Lot et Garonne from the dizzy heights of the Gironde. But I was wrong…it seemed to be mostly uphill all the way back too….how does that work?
We even managed a smile for the camera…..or is that a grimace?
Party Time!
Listen! Can you hear that? ( ) Silence!
The Boy and Diddy are in the UK for three weeks, so I am all alone and lonely, wandering around aimlessly, pining and forlorn, lost and languishing, woebegone and bereft…..
Ha! I’m joking, of course. Having a lovely time!
(Why is it though, given the opportunity of alarm clock free lie-ins, my body-clock is pinging! me awake at an even earlier time than normal? Is it some sort of cruel, cosmic joke? Is it just me or do others suffer with this phenomenon?)
07/07/07
Today is our first anniversary. We’ve been here a whole year now….phew! That went fast!
And what a year it’s been…and what of the years to come?
