Eating, Drinking and a little bit of Work.

With Aunty Pauline, Pat and Mel with us, we've had the excuse for a 'holiday'. So, we've been nipping out for the odd sight-seeing trip, out to a concert last night, and been eating long, protracted meals. Yesterday was fairly exceptional; we went to the market in Gourdon to view what was fresh.

And the consensus was , 2 kilos of mussels and a kilo of prawns.

We started to prepare the meal about 12.30.......

....... and finished at 5pm.

We all hurriedly had an hour's lay-down before we got ready to go off to a concert in a nearby church. It was due to start at 8.30, and, to our amazement, it began just before 9! The concert, which was very good, lasted about 2 hours and was then followed by nibbles and a free taster of the local wine. We all fell into bed about midnight.

To attone for this hedonistic lifestyle, Mel and I shifted some of the stones and earth in the remains of the ramp by the barn. A good morning's work set us up nicely for another meal.

It's a hard life, all of this entertaining.