Well done, yes!!! Loved it, we totally binge watched it 
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Currently in Bristol, visiting family including the most recent addition, Alastair Henry. Also drinking a pint of very nice bitter and eating Gloucester old spot sausages and champ. Yum.
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Arrived in France 26 years ago, Channel tunnel was burnt so had to sail and the French were on strike no petrol or rationed sign posts pointing in the wrong directions barricaded /tyres on fire at road junctions, Snowing 7 years derelict new home in the Correze had no electricity, mains water no sanitary arrangements, the adventure began, the best years of my life.
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Well, thatās brought back some old memoriesā¦
I remember remarking to OH as we sat in a traffic jamā¦
āmust be a terrible accident up ahead, I can see a lot of smoke and the sirens are blaringā¦ā
Of course, as we got closer we could see folk (obviously not injured) milling around burning bales of straw, with which theyād closed the road ā¦
and the gendarmes were directing us motorists off of the motorway and into the unknownā¦
"a magical mystery tourā¦ "
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My cheerful news today is that I still havnāt had to put any heating on yet considering previously up north, we would start heating by end of October both by stove and radiators. So far my consommation of electricity is the lowest in many years which is good for my pocket and the extra xmas presents I have to get this year.
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That is good, I have had our 2 air to air pumps on increasingly since the middle of October, weekly cost overall of electricity is up to ā¬27 now from around ā¬10 in the summer heat, even allowing for occasional use of them as air con. It all evens out eventually though, cheaper than keeping the log fire going.
I havnāt tried the reversible clim yet, afraid I might like it and be a wimp when all I need is a pair of socks on and a thicker jumper. After all I was brought up with no central heating of any kind, only a late afternoon coal fire that didnāt heat the house at all and ice inside the windows in winter. The thought of those evil baddies at Engie raking in the euros even more makes me very frugal these days.
Heās smart, @Jane_Williamson 
Reminds me that when I went to a meeting a few weeks back in order to meet the people I would be āworkingā with for the food bank collections, they were all engaged in handwork of some sort and I watched them all producing little hats with pompoms to go on Innocent smoothie bottlesā¦ 
Also, in the ensuing conversation when they were wondering whether I ever did handwork, I discovered that, although I knew the French for knitting and crochet, I had no idea what they would call tatting and had a complete communcation failure. I later discover itās called frivolitĆ© !
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Well done for getting involved in this.
Itās a very worthy causeā¦ 
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I have no idea what it is in either language ???
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Surely bigger ones to helpna cold person would be more useful
And dentelle Ć la navette 
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Weāve had a number of good happenings todayā¦ but my particular favourite has been my first session of physiotherapy/kinĆ©ā¦ (call it what you will)ā¦ with my favourite expert in these matters.
He cheerfully explained that the pain of broken bones can last for 6 months (ouch)
but it was a relief to watch my erstwhile damaged arm being gently moved this way and thatā¦ bodes well for the future.
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When we had ours installed, the installer advised us to use it, either for heating or cooling, for 1 hour per month at least. He said that if you leave it unused for long periods of time, then some of the gas used could over time condense into a waxy substance that could restrict the flow and either make it less efficient, or stop it working all together. How true this is, I donāt know, but Iāve no reason to believe it wasnāt true.
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Thank you for that info, certainly bears thinking about and actually I was told by a car mechanic years ago to use the carās climatisation at least once per month even in winter to keep the gas flow clean and used. Sadly if this electricity price increase crisis had not happened, I would gladly put it on but having a modest income until my pension kicks in, I worry I would not be able to pay huge, possibly increased without knowing bills.
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From what Iāve read, this also keeps the seals good.
Iāve also had the advice of running it as hot as possible for 5 minutes every month, to kill any bacteria and thus any smells, but to be honest Iāve never noticed any difference when Iāve forgotten to do that.
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Thatās VERY good news @stella . Have you got the all-clear for imbibing a little now the festive season is approaching?
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Should have mentioned yesterdayā¦ the positive thing about the morningās embarrassment was that I learned another (in context more important) meaning to the French word ādosageā. Not just quantity/amount, which is what Iād thought, but also āquantitve analysisā. My non-understandingof the ordonnance resulted in the very kind lady at the lab explaining patiently that I didnāt need that particular blood test because Iād had one in the past 3 months
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Now then, donāt encourage meā¦
I actually had a half-glass of red wine with supper the other dayā¦
When I fancy another glass (or a half) Iāll have one, but it isnāt a āmust haveāā¦
unlike OH who reckons a meal isnāt complete without a glass of wineā¦
Weāve some really super winesā¦ booty from visits to the vineyards or giftsā¦ and Iāll choose one of them to go with Christmas Dinner I reckonā¦
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