Monday 16th July, 2018
More thunderstorms, one yesterday morning and one this
morning. Lightning and thunder reverberating around the valley, lots of rain
but no high winds, thank goodness. And all between four and five in the
morning, guaranteed to wake a person from a sound sleep, which means a very
slow start when morning actually arrives. But the air is somewhat cooler today,
which is a relief. And now we know why the local farmer was working so hard and
so late to get his crop in before the deluge.
Yesterday we discovered the gas bottle which runs
the bbq was empty so we drove down to the Jardinelle in Bergerac to have it
recharged. Because it was Sunday and opening hours were later than normal, we
drove south from the last roundabout in order to locate the turn-off for the
airport and fill in a little time. The countryside seems quite different south
of La Dordogne – smooth green hills filled with vineyards and with the most
surprising chateaux dotted around. Well worth exploring – or going to visit the
caves to sample the wine – though perhaps not the best idea when driving!
My impression of this small portion of France is
that there are not many tourists about. Oh, they are here; but not in the numbers that we’ve seen in previous years. Is
that because of Brexit, I wonder? The general economic climate? Prices in
France are very much on a par with England these days, so the days of a cheap
holiday are long gone. Makes it easy to calculate the euro-pound sterling
exchange rate, which for me is good news.
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