October Outings

October saw Paulie and Stephen settle into their French pad. Walks, visits from friends, visits to friends and family.

1 Oct 1 - Stephen, In Oxford, cooks the lads a nice mushroom risotto for tea	2 The next day it's interview time at the Strand, and then lunch in the crypt of St Martin in the Field	3 And then tourist time to check some impressionist work	4 .. in the National Gallery
5 .	6 Stephen first visited 31 years prior	7 There's a Pacifica gig (free for NZ passport holders damn it) at the Academy of Arts	8 3rd - with Stephen not returning until around midnight. Paulie has time to join a walk to Cazals
9 Which included a nice feed!	10 Then back home to the turning leaves	11 Pal Storm shows off her "bike"	12 The rain is yet to come to help the lawn recover. Still nice and warm
13 5th - Puycelci - a 36 km pedal for Daniel and Stephen	14 .	15 Which deserves a lunch break	16 With the support crew who met them there.
17 And a wind down after the 36 km pedal back again	18 Preparing for a dinner that night	19 Inside preparation	20 6th - up the Grotte de Bosc road
21 Some folks travel through the village	22 Meanwhile in Brisbane, Rosie seems rather settled in at Olivia's new pad	23 9th - A ride up to La Corniche	24 Video- the top reached
25 That day Daniel Docherty visits from Brisbane for a few weeks	26 Whilst chatting to Brisbane, Olivia and Paulie discover that they can mess around	27 Not that Rosie seems impressed	28 Some interesting installations appear in our village
29 Including a few new neighbour. She was not responsibe for the huge eggs however	30 .	31 And a cat installing itself yet again.	32 Temporary installations
33 10th - Paulie sets out on a group walk.	34 .	35 A pedal with Daniel	36 13th - And a walk up the hill together
37 .	38 .	39 Only a helicopter could have delivered the compressor for the cliff securing work they are doing	40 Visitor to the window plants
41 Meanwhile Brisbane has morphed into Bavaria.	42 .	43 14th - Kiwi and Brit pals Jude and Phil drop in from their London home	44 .
45 Some quick repairs to Jude's gear in the craft basement	46 and then a scenic drive and walk	47 Dinner at Michael's to try his cassoulet. It passed in flying colours!	48 Back in Brisbane, Olivia takes advantage of being so close to the city and heads out for a run
49 .	50 17th - Paulie is out for another walk with the group - keeping fit and good for French practice	51 This time around Penne	52 Including neighbouring villages
53 Part of this adventure is exploring the church at Roussergue	54 .	55 .	56 .
57 19th - Paulie and Stephen spend some days on Yolande's farm with Daniel.	58 She generously offers to share firewood that they cut and split	59 .	60 Farm girl Paulie is delighted to be on a land
61 Rubens enjoys Paulie's attention. Paulie, however, was bitten by small spiders that are common this time of year. A severe allergic reaction was not delightful.	62 Stephen played manly man. Nearly passed.	63 .	64 Back home is was weeding time.
65 Then later in a few days it was back to the farm	66 Time out.	67 .	68 .
69 .	70 Video - The magical rustle of Autumn...it seems that strong winds are part of the seasonal change.	71 22nd - a colder morning at the farm. The weather is certainly turning	72 Elsewhere it's into the fields. Time to think about dinner
73 .	74 .	75 .	76 That evening chef Yolande made a delicious mushroom dinner back in her village house.
77 26th - Joining Yolande on the last visit to her parent's country home (he was a violinist who moved from Paris). The sale was to settled soon.	78 An Oxford chat