A Restfull Day Off

As Guy has been helping us despite the fact that is a holiday for him, we all went out yesterday.  We started off at the nearby town of Figeac.  We don't know it very well and we first had to find a parking place as there is a big market on a Saturday.

The town is full of old buildings and we realised that there is a lot to see and do there.  A return visit is required.
Because the town was full of people and holiday-makers we left it a little late to find a restaurant so when we did, the service was slow and the specials of the day were off !  However, we enjoyed what we finally chose and then went off to the chateau at Lacapelle-Marival for the annual art exhibition.  Even Arvin would have to admit that there are some very strange ideas of art out there and some very inflated prices being asked!

There were a few things that I liked (but not much!)

 After all of this excitement we came home for a couple of hour's rest before we set off for a concert in a small village about 30 minutes away

I'd seen this in an article in the local paper; it features a mother, her daughter and another young lad who sang music from the 70's in a folk/pop style. It was held in the small church of the village of Milhac and when we got there we were a bit worried because the village was deserted and we could see the church on the top of the hill but could not work out how to get to it. We climbed the hill fearing that it would literally be us and the proverbial one man and his dog. However, we were just early - the French don't do 'on time' (but then neither does Sue normally!) and it eventually started twenty minutes late. We were distinctly worried that it was going to be very amateurish ... well that was until they began and we couldn't believe how good they were.

I talked to the 'mother' at the end whilst we were enjoying a free drink and a piece of cake and she explained that all three of them were musicians/teachers and just liked performing for their friends.  Despite the fact that they were all French they sang mostly in English with no trace of a french accent.  A surprisingly good evening to round off our 'day out'.

I've uploaded a small video of their performance onto Youtube.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVd9ZsL2_Bc