Sunday 14th August 2022
The heat has been punishing for days, hitting 39 degrees most days and yesterday 40 degrees, hiding from the sun during the day was bad enough but the house acts like a giant storage heater and the temperature inside wasn’t dropping below 30 degrees overnight.
Thankfully last night at 11 pm it began to rain gently,then at 3.30 am it began to hammer down accompanied by thunder and lightning which rumbled on until noon. Thankfully it has reduced the temperature to a bearable 21 degrees.
One side effect of the heat seems to be an increase in insects biting, you could play dot to dot with the spots on my legs and I don’t normally suffer a great deal. Michelle came up with her own solution for when she is gardening.
We managed two short trips out once a very short walk from the car to our local river L’Isle, where Layla enjoyed a swim.
On another occasion Michelle and I visited our local swimming lake, Lac de Gurcon, to check its suitability to take our grandsons when they visit us next week. Dogs not allowed on the beach so we took Layla for a swim a little further away .
Friday night we managed a visit to the marche nocturne at Villefranche de Lonchat, always good fun and buzzing with activity.There are food stalls to buy your evening meal and wine and beer for sale, most French families take their table cloth, own cutlery and plates and make an evening of it. The local commune provide the seating and tables and the evening entertainment.
Tomorrow our eldest daughter Emma, her husband Andy and our twin grandsons arrive, life will never be the same again, so tonight we are enjoying the peace😂
taraabit 