The Wine man

Fridays have become a bit of a day off as we go off in the mornings for our French lesson. However, Fridays are also Market day in our local little town.

As you can see it's not exactly huge, but it's a small improvement on the 3 stalls which attend in the winter. However, for us, it's chief claim to fame is Bernard, the wine man.

Bernard is a grower who bottles/bags his wine from his own grapes. He sells his wares from the boot of his car and we are most happy with his medium quality red which we buy in 5 litre wine-boxes for 7 euros 50 centimes, ( approx. £1 a litre). However, when our friend Betty was with us, Bernard gave us a tasting of a Malbec, which we all found to be very good, even though it was 9 euros 50 centimes for 5 litres!

This Friday afternoon was not totally wasted as it sometimes is when we take the opportunity to go shopping. When we got home, I quickly changed and continued with stripping the woodwork from the Pigsty so that I can make good the masonry. I think that the weight of the tiles must have been holding the woodwork down, as they basically just lifted off. Never fear, they won't do that once I've finished!!