The London, 'Shibboleth' & curry

Work continues a pace on the roof with the first lauzes being put in place a week ago Monday just as Barbara headed off to Toulouse for her flight back to the UK. They look really good & I'm sure we'll both be looking forward to seeing how much progress has been made by the time we return next Monday. Talking to the roofer he says that within 10 years there will be no more lauzes to lay as the only way of getting hold of them these days is by locating old derelict properties & demolishing them which is a real shame as it will mean a long standing trade will be lost. With still no sign of scaffolding & plenty of use of the Manitou our lovely new drive has taken a real hammering. Thank goodness the rain has stayed away and we're not looking at a return to the mud bath we had earlier in the year.

I had hoped to get the trailer up & running last week but the UK dealer sent the wrong part so I was unable to take it on it's inaugural trip to the tip. I'd offered to take next doors rubbish as well & wish I had. They'd called in to the tip after a long days painting & said to the man who tells you where to put your rubbish that they were ready for a relaxing beer. 'Come with me' he says and takes them to his office where he gets three chilled beers from his fridge! What service?

I headed back to the UK on Wednesday to meet up with Barbara & visit Rebecca & Matthew for a few days R & R in that lovely, quiet, secluded, village called London. We had a great weekend visiting Borough Market, the door used in the Bridget Jones films, Chiswick, Tate Modern where we were a couple of days early to see the 'crack' (click this link to see 'Shibboleth') but people spotted Richard Curtis, Kevin McNally & Neil Dudgeon, & enjoyed a lovely long awaited curry. We left Rebecca's just before 9:00 on Monday and caught the Piccadilly line into London. What a complete contrast that journey was to the last few kilometres heading towards Lagarrigue.