Three months in 532 words

Thought I better do a bit of blogging before I forgot what we've been up to these last three months. Christmas came & went very quickly & we had a great time in London with Rebecca & Matthew. We then headed back up north and spent New Year in Newcastle.

In mid January we booked a few days in the sun & jetted off to t'Egypt. We stayed at the Red Sea resort of Taba and a had very relaxing week. There's not much there, apart from sand, but the hotel was great & we met a a couple from Radcliffe. Isn't it a small world? We hadn't done much research before flying out and as my geography of the area was a bit patchy we were surprised to see how near Saudi Arabia, Jordan & Israel we were. Thankfully it was very quiet during our stay. Late February we headed off to Northamptonshire to catch up with a few of Barbara's relatives and given that we were able to book a Travelodge room for £9.00 per night we pushed the boat out and had three nights in Wellingborough, we know how to live. Unlike the couple we met in a local McDonalds who were appalled that their breakfast order had been mixed up & they'd be given a egg & bacon roll. 'We've been vegetarians for over 25 years and the very sight of any meat or animal product makes us physically sick' they complained to the young lady serving. She handled them very well, I think I'd have been tempted to ask what are you doing in McDonalds if you don't like meat.

We enjoyed the hospitality of several friends & family during our 2009 UK tour & a big thanks to you all. On a trip to Brighton, somewhere we've never been to before and thoroughly enjoyed, to see G & S we enjoyed an excellent fish & chip lunch in a restaurant that was previously home to Coutts, as in the bank, family. According to the notes on the back of the menu when 'Mr Coutts' passed away his wife inherited a substantial sum of money and was rumoured to be the wealthiest women in Europe. It would appear that banking has always been a way to make a few quid but nowadays you don't have to know what you're doing.


Well here we are (well it's just me at the minute) back in France. Barbara is still in the UK earning a few pounds & helping to keep the wolf from the door. She's currently working as a 'Country Cousin' and looking after a lady near Chester and will fly out the first week in April just in time to welcome Rebecca & Matthew for Easter. I'm back working hard and trying my best to get the barn finished so we can make the most of this summer. I'm going to try to get back into blogging (don't all groan at once) and hopefully I'll be able to keep you up to date with the ongoing drama at Lagarrigue. Thanks again to everyone for their hospitality over the last few months, we look forward to returning it.