A St Antonin Stay

After delivering a few sessions in England, spending time with James, and meeting the LiftUpp team in Liverpool, Stephen headed for the AthoTurnbull French base in St Antonin. Their house, La Cachette, was tenanted for a few more weeks so Stephen stayed with pal Michael. Nick headed over for a visit as March marched into memory. In Brisbane the Turnbull gals tackled the challenge of flatting at St Lucia whilst work on the flat continued, Uni kicked off, and Paulie mastered her new challenging role! Stephen looked forward to getting home.... but will first greet his sister & Bro-in-law Jan and Jim in Toulouse and then deliver one more talk in England.

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March 15 On arrival a peek at La Cachette required. That damn gate still broken. ... a walk around town And major decisions. Which Rose? Settling in at Michael's until La Cachette is free
Michael and Stephen inspect a house for friends of friends Chix liked what she saw John Evans birthday dinner .
Meanwhile in Brisbane the gals help transform the St Lucia Atherton's flat for sale . . .
... whilst still preparing for work and uni As well as property inspections! A daily check in with HQ And a check in at La Cachette to meet Milly's kittens.
Time to desex them all! Fixed the rusted out gate support 19 March - Nick pops over from Italy to catch up with father Stephen... .... and comes bearing gifts from Elena's family. YUM
March 20 - lunch with Alan, Sharon, Michael and Nikki A lunch in St Cirq before returning to home base March 26- Sat evening Apero in Brisbane, breakfast in France
Time to catch up with Storm who heads to St Antonin soon And then a breakfast in St Lucia The same morning in St Antonin (but many hours after) starts like this ... only to become like this 2 hours later
And a bright day means it's time for chores at La Cachette With Tenant Jean's permission it's time to mow the lawn . The wall which collapsed last year when Paulie & Stephen resided in St Antonin is at last being repaired
Off to Najac for a visit . Najac was always a bit of a ghost town. It looks like the planners realise that given their poster Stephen is out for a cycle up to Corniche
And feels the need to share that with his cycling & life partner 23rd - a dinner for the Belmont Boys Stephen does the mains whilst NIck does pudding And michael the soup
Bilbo and John drop in .... ... and a pleasant evening is had Back in Brisbane the flat renovation is done! And Paulie has some time to babysit Ella & shares the time with Stephen
... where he hosts his own show ... for what we now call StephenTV Whilst Brisbane enjoys evening drinks Stephen discovers it's a lovely day back on the bike
. In Oz, time with Shari and Scott Sunday 27th - the sun rises over St Lucia .
And 8 hours later it rises over S.W. France and Nick heads off to Sunday market The lads enjoy the market crowd . Incuding Bilbo and John
A chore that required a few hardware runs... ...and a few days later is done March 30 - the girls take some time out from work and Uni And the spa serves champagne. Viva la France! A great birthday gift from the Rubinsztein-Dunlops and Perrimans.
Whilst the girls return home from the spa, the French lads picnic at Cazals To do boy things . And eating things
The month winds up for Paulie by attending pal Inga Simpson's book launch (her third) Whilst in France Nick gears up to leave St Antonin.. .. and flies out to Italy and Elena... WELL.. if there wasn't an air traffic control strike... he got there in the end.