We had to return to France again so Colin could refill his most important prescription – they’ll only give him four weeks at a time because of the cost.
The trip back was pretty good and we took basically the same route as we did the last time at least until we got past Pau.
We stopped before the border to have a bite to eat at a nice pullout in the Valley of Aragon – a very pretty area.
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Crossing the border we encountered evidence of the recent protests such as the upside-down town signs, although without the tractor blockages.
The flooding at the campground and hippodrome has mostly gone down…
…and the irises in our terrace boxes are flourishing.
We got a new pressure washer and I finally had a go at the terrace – what a difference!
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I didn’t get Colin a cake for his birthday so I (quite reluctantly) made him one a couple of days later. My first-ever cake was a success!
A lovely carrot cake with cream cheese icing – a bit too sweet for my taste but if I ever make another one I’ll use a lot less sugar.
We’ve had water coming into the spare bedroom with all of the rain – looks like we need some work done on the roof. We have poly and towels over the bed and on the floor to try to mop it up.
We’ve been working on our ‘to-do’ list and the most recent accomplishment was hoisting Colin’s vintage 1965 Viking ‘Severn Valley’ that he raced on successfully in ‘65 and ‘66. It’s now hanging proudly above the lounge.
And since we can’t make it to Italy as planned we’re watching the Giro on TV.
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