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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1 March 15 On arrival a peek at La Cachette required. That damn gate still broken.	2 ... a walk around town	3 And major decisions. Which Rose?	4 Settling in at Michael's until La Cachette is free
5 Michael and Stephen inspect a house for friends of friends	6 Chix liked what she saw	7 John Evans birthday dinner	8 .
9 Meanwhile in Brisbane the gals help transform the St Lucia Atherton's flat for sale	10 .	11 .	12 .
13 ... whilst still preparing for work and uni	14 As well as property inspections!	15 A daily check in with HQ	16 And a check in at La Cachette to meet Milly's kittens.
17 Time to desex them all!	18 Fixed the rusted out gate support	19 19 March - Nick pops over from Italy to catch up with father Stephen...	20 .... and comes bearing gifts from Elena's family. YUM
21 March 20 - lunch with Alan, Sharon, Michael and Nikki	22 A lunch in St Cirq	23 before returning to home base	24 March 26- Sat evening Apero in Brisbane, breakfast in France
25 Time to catch up with Storm who heads to St Antonin soon	26 And then a breakfast in St Lucia	27 The same morning in St Antonin (but many hours after) starts like this	28 ... only to become like this 2 hours later
29 And a bright day means it's time for chores at La Cachette	30 With Tenant Jean's permission it's time to mow the lawn	31 .	32 The wall which collapsed last year when Paulie & Stephen resided in St Antonin is at last being repaired
33 Off to Najac for a visit	34 .	35 Najac was always a bit of a ghost town. It looks like the planners realise that given their poster	36 Stephen is out for a cycle up to Corniche
37 And feels the need to share that with his cycling & life partner	38 23rd - a dinner for the Belmont Boys	39 Stephen does the mains whilst NIck does pudding	40 And michael the soup
41 Bilbo and John drop in ....	42 ... and a pleasant evening is had	43 Back in Brisbane the flat renovation is done!	44 And Paulie has some time to babysit Ella & shares the time with Stephen
45 ... where he hosts his own show	46 ... for what we now call StephenTV	47 Whilst Brisbane enjoys evening drinks Stephen discovers it's a lovely day	48 back on the bike
49 .	50 In Oz, time with Shari and Scott	51 Sunday 27th - the sun rises over St Lucia	52 .
53 And 8 hours later it rises over S.W. France and Nick heads off to Sunday market	54 The lads enjoy the market crowd	55 .	56 Incuding Bilbo and John
57 A chore that required a few hardware runs...	58 ...and a few days later is done	59 March 30 - the girls take some time out from work and Uni	60 And the spa serves champagne. Viva la France! A great birthday gift from the Rubinsztein-Dunlops and Perrimans.
61 Whilst the girls return home from the spa, the French lads picnic at Cazals	62 To do boy things	63 .	64 And eating things
65 The month winds up for Paulie by attending pal Inga Simpson's book launch (her third)	66 Whilst in France Nick gears up to leave St Antonin..	67 .. and flies out to Italy and Elena... WELL.. if there wasn't an air traffic control strike... he got there in the end.