Saturday, 25 May 2013

Things can only get better


Not only has Theodora been well and truly christened on the outside, I managed to knock a glass of wine over yesterday evening, thankfully not red, and mostly over John. Problems never come one at a time, so it wasn't surprising really when we developed a blocked waste pipe from our washroom sink causing minor flooding this morning. Sorting this out delayed our departure from Brantome. Driver, navigator and Snoopy satnav are still not syncronised, resulting in a many point turn at the entrance of a height restricted car park and wrong turns in both Perigueux and Vers. Supermarket shopping in Cahors on late Friday afternoon was probably not a good move either! However, the latter part of the journey along the river Lot was very picturesque, with steep cliff faces on one side of the road, and the river on the other. Sometimes the road went further into the rock passing through tunnels, or half tunnels, formed by big rock overhangs. We had noticed that the cliffs and the earth are a very rich red; apparently that this is due to the presence of iron in the rock. Weather still cool and wet but forecast promises something better on Sunday and Monday.

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