My daughter rang today from Oz and said that her brother in law (sounds so formal) had two spare tickets to the Heineken Cup final. So off to Marseilles tomorrow.
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After more than a week of unsuccessfully phoning to get a rdv with our doctor 15 kms away, yesterday I walked into the larger cabinet 4 kms away and got an immediate appointment for us both for next Friday and the instruction to seek our dossiers from the old place (have to drive there, no point phoning) to make the transfer.
The phone simply isnāt answered anymore at the old place but the new place offers rdvs online via ClickDoc. In any case, as I am in the neighbourhood at least twice a week anyway for the shopping it will be easy to drop in rather than drive 30 kms which was fast becoming my only option till now.
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Looked like a cracking, very close gameā:rugby_football:
. Neither side deserved to lose
Having dinner outside a few hours ago (tuna steak with chickpea salad), I saw something Iāve never seen before. Twelve black kites, all together, flew over the house quite low. They were definitely in a group. And they were all black kites. Now, I thought, kites arenāt that sociable a bird really, are they ?. I looked up the black kite on Wikipedia. They apparently do form communal roosts, but in the winter and this is summer. A very strange and wonderful sight, but Iām really not sure why they were all together.
Answers on a postcard.
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Heading for harvested field? They certainly congregate over combine harvesters.
Maybe. Wikipedia says they also head for fires, where suitable prey is flushed out. No fires nearby though that I know of.
Weāve seen an awful lot of them this year. Maybe not 12 at once, but getting close to that.
Iāve never seen more than 3 or 4 in the sky at once before, so seeing so many so close and travelling as a group was a bit mind boggling.
And todayās cheerful news is that OH has successfully bought a lawnmowerā¦
Well, itās cheerful news for meā¦ as I wonāt be using itā¦ 
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Lots of fruit this year as the frost didnāt nobble all the cherries. OH has been making desserts like his life depends upon it.
Mine is the healthier one on the right 
Less good news is I did buy new batteries for the scales 
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And now just noticed the first squash flower 
courgettes seem to be taking off nicely, toms coming on nicely as well, loads of flowers on the aubergines but canāt see any actual aubergines forming yet 
And just taken the car to get the new tyres fitted in the next village - tyres were delivered late so looked like I wouldnāt get them fitted today as all was booked in for this morning, but then the garagiste kindly said heād still fit me in and lent me his personal car for me to drive home to come back later. Just love it when you come across that kind of random kindness - first time Iāve used the garage, and certainly now makes me want to go back. 
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We had to wait for some springs to be ordered from Mercedes and as Jim had waited for some hours whilst the car had a service and new shock absorbers fitted, the garage arranged for one of their employees who lived not too far from us to take the car in the evening, leaving his with us and bring ours back the next day.
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Picked up the car, handed over a bottle of decent wine to the garagiste, and he was delighted, as was I 
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First drop of rain here in 22 CĆ“tes dāArmor just now for at least eight weeks. Maybe some long sowed seeds will finally germinate
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Just had the most phenomenal rain storm. 
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My cheerful news is that the black clouds which cut short our evening stroll have turned into the most beautiful sunsetā¦
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Played a 50min set with Gospel Bell at The Bell in Adderbury this afternoon as part of the village celebrations. Usually itās all acoustic there because of their music license, but this time we were amplified and it was a lot of fun, playing much louder and faster than usual thanks to the short set. We had people up and dancing to some of the songs and a very appreciative and interactive audience. Good fun. 
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I hope they renamed to The Gospel Bell for the day in your honour.
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Mrs W. has fully recovered from a day and half of Covid and sheās full of beans no more symptoms.
Testing positive myself I canāt attend a couple of boring meetings in Paris and Brittany next week.
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This is where the band formed originally, and pre-covid there was a residency (which may change when the new landlords start next month). Weāre named after the pub. 
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