A smart start to September

The month started with a huge storm that Paulie and Stephen braved to collect brief holiday visitors James and Keno from Toulouse. Fallen trees might stop SNCF's trains, but not the rugged car, "Tinkerbell". The guys were able to fit in a lot despite a challenging sleep given they weren't used to the church bells that ring ever hour. Twice. Outside the bedroom windows. We showed off our village, looked around our temporary village of Larroque, and had a ball.

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31st Aug- With the lads due to arrive by train from Tolouse, storm clouds gather And the region sees storms that remind the team of the sub-tropics. Trees on rails mean we collect the guys in teh wee hours of Sept 1 from Tolouse We all awaken to a brighter, but tree littered, day So off for a spin to St Antonin
Where trees are producing tasty distractions Including our own figs at La Cachette We take Keno on a tour of our home town Paulie discusses architectural fine points
We drop in on Pal Michael Docherty at Rue Droite and check the street from his top floor One storm blows over, we lunch with another .
James & Olivia were photographed here years before we decided to buy in the village Strange offers in Paulie's favourite store . Time to head up to Roc d'anglar for a panoramic view
. . . Then back to Larroque via the Corniche road
. James has an innate desire to climb things Whilst Stephen chats to a recruiter in London, the guys headup to Puycelsi James spots "Buddy Jesus" there
Pre-dinner drinks at the office Then the lads cook dinner And a post dinner walk/climb To look down on Larroque
2nd - after only a day at Larroque, the lads train south to Avignon