Yesterday was still bright so we strolled the canal into Beaumes. The vast building site in the middle is a social housing development and U Express, not as we thought a new school! New flowers appearing along the path - quince, poppies - and banksia lutea rambler up the house walls. We visited the Kaisers for tea in their garden - the first of the gang to appear.
It rained a bit last night and today is grey and cold. Watching the UK weather on television though we’re not quite as bad as back home! Ventoux was wreathed in cloud this morning and there was some snow up top. Malaucène market a shadow of its summer self but we got enough supplies for the week despite that. The lovely butcher man actually gave us a huge salami for free! I think he saw Adrian wistfully eying them up before my disapproving gaze😀 And…we even sat half outside for coffee.
So a fairly sedate couple of days. Not without some excitement however. La Patrouille are upping their game and today are on Advanced Smoke Release. Many passes over the terrace with increasing complexity of colour. Here is a sequence…
