On Wednesday I collected our friends, Anne and Suzanne, from Toulouse airport; our first non-family, non-resident-in-France visitors. Unfortunately, they brought us a taste of more English weather than we’ve been used to recently, but it did mean that we could wander around tourist sites without being too hot!

In the three days they were here we managed to visit Pau (the first time we’ve been there and been unable to see the Pyrenees due to the cloud being so heavy!), Auch, the market in the medieval town of Eauze and the stunning remains of a Roman villa at Seviac as well as eating out several times and having a bit of chill time too. I just hope they enjoyed their stay as much as we did.

When Nick and I got back from Toulouse airport today, it was to find that Kieran had been busy all day stripping down his motorbike to clean and service it. It’s in pieces all over the grange floor now, while he repaints some bits that were a little rusty. I’m sure there’ll be pictures of the rebuilding job as it progresses.