Thursday 4th April

Haven’t seen any TV in a few days, just caught a whiff now and then, and actually all the better for it.  The last of our house guests has just left us, and we are beginning to get the house straight.  It is amazing how you really can get nothing achieved when there are people here.

Today, (yesterday for you) we went to Montpazier, the prettiest of the Bastides and usually the most touristic.  Half the shops weren’t open yet and the vast square was empty apart from a half dozen French people drinking coffee and chatting away so fast you could only catch a word here or there.  It was so sunny, by far the best day yet and we sat and lifted our tired faces to the sun.  We really did not want to move it was so relaxing.  If only every day could be like this – and actually it could be soon, if and when we actually retire.  It really felt like the first day of spring, tulips and crocuses as well as daffodils were opening wide to the sun, cats lay basking on roof tops, dogs scampered around the arched square.

Not a care in the world we ambled along and enjoyed the shops which are usually buzzing with summer visitors, bought a few things for lunch and one or two more bits for the house.

A nice lazy lunch of salad, cold meats, cheese, and boiled eggs topped off with crème brulee.  What could be nicer.

Took our last guest to the airport and settled down for a nice sunny evening of odd jobs, pottering about etc:  Such a perfect little day that I could really get used to this life.