At last! At last! The notification has come telling us that our papers have been processed and our new permits are ready for collection. So now we can make final plans for the next part of our holiday. We will go to Auch to pick up our permits during next week and then pack up all our belongings and take off for Chevenceaux, a small village a bit north-east of Bordeaux and south-west of Angouleme. We are looking forward to having a new area to explore.
Also this week, we heard the bird that is, for us, the real herald of Spring – the Mistle Thrush, the bird that makes a strange rattling noise rather like someone shaking a bundle of dry sticks. We have yet to see it as it is a very shy creature but we have looked it up in the bird book so will recognise it if it shows itself.
The weather has finally warmed up considerably and for the last couple of days we haven’t found it necessary to make a fire in the lounge or to switch on the electric blanket. The long range forecast shows ever-increasing temperatures with the end of this week going as high as 23 degrees.
While out driving on Friday –just to the shops and back – we caught sight of the Pyrenees in all their snow-capped glory. This is the first time we have been able to see them and normally, according to the locals, it is a sign of rain in the near future but we have checked the forecast and there is no rain in the offing. The mountains looked simply splendid and because of moisture in the air (or the lack of it) they appeared to be only about ten kilometres away. Lovely!
Hopefully by the end of next week we will have travelled some distance and will have some really interesting to report.
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