Struggling here a bit with photos. I added some text to the end of the pics of the carnival but goodness knows where that has gone. Suffice to say it was a fabulous day for weather, bright sunshine and no wind but VERY cold and the parade, well we are in France, was an hour late. Still all the more time for another glass!!!
Next Saturday is a lunch laid on by the village to help the baker re-fit his bakery after the fire. He was not insured for his ovens etc so the village will club together to help pay for a new bakery. Should be another boozey do! Roll on Lent, I WILL give it up for a few weeks, I will honestly
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
THE MAYORS PARTY
The mayor invites all of us over 50 to a party every year. We were not aware of it last year but made sure we knew all about it this time.
There was nothing to pay, just turn up. The village hall was full to capacity and the food was excellent. They started off as usual with the aperatifs, wine and nibbles, long tables full of food which was guzzled up in minutes (goodness how the French eat!) Then we had mixed meats and salads, followed by duck, followed by cheese, then pudding,champagne and coffee.
The floor show was excellent as you can see from my snipits and everybody had a great time. They were dancing when we left after almost six hours.
Next week is carnival, weather permitting, goodness knows what that will bring!! Ah well c'est la vie!!
SEVERAL VIDEOS COMING UP!!
This was part of the show, we had aperatifs, and a four course meal with all the wine you could swallow. Can you imagine this sort of thing happening in an English village!
And to finish off the show, guess what
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
THE BIG STORM
Had a lot of trouble inserting this video but hopefully you will be able to see it. This is the River Cesse at Bize and the River Cesse is normally a quiet trickle! The damed part to the left of the picture is the village swimming pool which is used by everyone during the summer. Part of the dam has broken away and logs are strewn all over our walkway which crosses the river from one side of the village to the other. It was a terrible day with a lot of damage done throughout this area of France. We have high winds again tonight, but nothing as severe as Saturday.
Monday, January 26, 2009
MORE EYE NEWS
Both Dave and I are signed up trouble makers on a forum which covers French things and I always put my blog address at the end of my forum posts. Well, after reading my last post re the eyeballs a kindly forum member contacted me and told me of a clinic in Perpignan which was reputedly the best in Europe, so I contacted them and made an appointment to see one of their opthalmic specialists. To cut a long story short I went there on Thursday and the doc reckons that they can improve my sight with laser and it can either be done in Perpignan or Narbonne (our nearby city)., I said I should really have it done in Narbonne as it is much easier to reach so I have to phone the clinic there at the end of the week.
Not to be outdone David decides he is having dizzy turns and so the day after my "victory" in Perpignan, he has to go to the docs. Our local Doc of course sends him to the hospital in Narbonne for tests and now he has to go back to Perpignan for a check on his battery pack and then back to Narbonne for another stress test at the end of February. So I guess I will have to wait for my further tests until the bionic man is sorted out!!! Ah well, c'est la vie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carnival next month, lets hope its better weather than last year.
Talking about weather, we had the most horrendous storm a couple of nights ago. Trees down, power lines gone, it was almost a hurricane. We are on top of a hill of course and so we got the worst of the gusts but fortunately the only problem was my newly planted trees which were bending. We tried to tie them to their supports with more ties but the ground is so wet and muddy that the stakes were just floating out of the ground. Gardening in the South of France SH*t! Next day, Sunday was so calm and sunny it was as though nothing had happened.
Anyway more news as and when it happens, stay tuned!
Not to be outdone David decides he is having dizzy turns and so the day after my "victory" in Perpignan, he has to go to the docs. Our local Doc of course sends him to the hospital in Narbonne for tests and now he has to go back to Perpignan for a check on his battery pack and then back to Narbonne for another stress test at the end of February. So I guess I will have to wait for my further tests until the bionic man is sorted out!!! Ah well, c'est la vie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carnival next month, lets hope its better weather than last year.
Talking about weather, we had the most horrendous storm a couple of nights ago. Trees down, power lines gone, it was almost a hurricane. We are on top of a hill of course and so we got the worst of the gusts but fortunately the only problem was my newly planted trees which were bending. We tried to tie them to their supports with more ties but the ground is so wet and muddy that the stakes were just floating out of the ground. Gardening in the South of France SH*t! Next day, Sunday was so calm and sunny it was as though nothing had happened.
Anyway more news as and when it happens, stay tuned!
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