Well, the signs are up on the road each side of us, the flags are flying at the entrance of Parc Verger, Di’s gardens are looking colourful, and the sky is blue. In fact with temperatures in the 30s today it is much too hot to work outside, so here I am, sweltering inside to update the blog! Not long and it will be into the pool 
for a refreshing dip.
We had a pleasant surprise just before lunch today when Mike (he with the Harley Davidson we had stay on site a while back) 
turned up in a white van; he’s helping friends to move furniture to the south of France, and they were on their way back to the Channel for a ferry tomorrow lunchtime. It was a delight, not least because he and Lynn confirmed that they will be with us for the Cidre et Cochonaille (Pork and Cider) day in October.
Last evening we enjoyed a soiree with some of our neighbours to celebrate the second anniversary of our arrival here (yes, it really is two whole years since we moved to France). We have received permission just this week to convert the small chalet on site into a sanitary block, and that is a job for the winter months. By the time we have estimates for the building work, and booked time with the chosen mason, arranged for the digging of the drains and all of the other 101 aspects of the work it will be late autumn, so we will probably start work early November - late summer here of course, says he hopfully!
We now have a date for our trip to the UK to have our new roof fitted - we’re arriving in the UK on Sunday 9th September, and driving to Gloucester to deliver Columbus first thing Monday morning. The repairers have promised to do all that they can to finish in two weeks, so we expect to collect Columbus by about Friday 21st, and we have a ferry crossing booked for the Saturday evening, so arriving home here late Sunday afternoon. Our friends Mike and Carol will be welcoming our guests here whilst we are away, and will be staying on for the October festivities.
We hope that you are all enjoying life, and look forward to seeing you sometime.