Friday – encore Those crazy train people on the train, it was Lee and Vicky! Thank heavens they’d had the forethought to get train beers though as I’d completely forgotten to so well played team. They were coming to visit and travelling back with me ensured that Matt would be there ready to collect them. Matt was punctual as always and also bought beer for the weary travellers – what
Read moreTuesday Although I’m heading back to London this evening there’s still a lot to do. Thankfully I did most of my packing yesterday as my meetings felt as though they would never end. We also had a Sirrocco blow through last night. The winds were epic, and of course everything is covered in Sahara sand. Probably need to get the car cleaned up so that we can actually see while
Read moreFriday Standard work call with the Prof Sir and then off to get our blood tests. Seems as though they want to check for absolutely everything when you register with a GP here. Sadly however it still won’t allow me to donate blood in France as they have this whole CJD thing, on the plus side for our UK readers it means I can only donate to UK donors when
Read moreSaturday Matt was up early and off to the shop to get some breakfast, thankfully I don’t have this weakness for food early in the morning so I got to stay in bed. By the time I got up he was already planning for lunch, bacon and egg pie. Sounded pretty good and he had to have another egg (after the 9 in the pie) to brush it with so
Read moreTuesday Very busy start to the day but had a quick look at the first flowers coming out. In the afternoon however we rang the Vide Grenier to check if the other two ski lockers had arrived but they’d not heard back from the seller. The reminder appeared to work though, as soon as I went outside to plant a few more seeds the French phone started to ring over
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