Just to keep you company, I too tripped over a piece of wood that we put up to hold the fence panel in place until the concrete in the post bases had dried. You feel such a fool and the fall seems to go into slow motion until you hit something solid. To be honest I just lay there in the dirt laughing like a drain so much I couldnât get up by myself and had to be pulled up.
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Picked first strawberries 
of the year from our garden.
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A very good idea. On a trip back to the UK , probably 10 years ago, I went to Specsavers for some glasses and they measured eye pressure, which they said was high. They very kindly wrote out all the details, in English, for me. I translated it back in France and went to the opthalmos without a rdv. I got instantaneous red carpet treatment and I have been going there ever since.
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It really is time that there is a trained opthamologist in opticians here in France.
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Iâll be up near there in a couple of weeks for a few days. Vinça is pretty big and if that goes, you wonât have much chance for a long way down the valley. For the barrage above us, our emergency plan says we would get about 20 minutes, which isnât a lot. Not going to happen though.
Only 17 in the pond yesterday but 27 in the surrounding, shaded, air. After the first shock at the difference I didnât want to leave it and kept on doing more and more lengths till in the end I had notched up 98 metres. Still didnât want to get out but a health aide was due. 
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Lets pray it never does. Was sober reading though. I like it up there, love going to Villefranche and the boutiques for pottery and witches. Might do the 300 steps upto the top this summer, depends on the heat.
Yes, Villefranche is lovely, and Iâll be going there, and taking the 300 steps. The OH will probably wait for me in a cafe, no way she would exert herself that much 
. She does have the excuse of a new knee though.
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The weather is getting interesting here. Looks like the rain and storms may be moving youâre way @Shiba . The central southern Corbieres is getting a real hammering at the moment
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I watch that site, coupled with Ventusky⊠very informative 
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Yes indeed - we look at those two in the main as well!
I really like Ventusky as well, but it can be a little frustrating if you just want a straight âwhatâs it going to be for the next weekâ forecast.
yr.no is your friend - well laid out, simple, usually pretty accurate.
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Never used Ventusky. Just looked now. Itâs got a lot of interesting information 
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plus AccuWeather.
OH swears by Accu⊠I swear by Meteo⊠
we both look at Ventusky to see what is where and whether or not âitâ is likely to arrive chez-nous⊠then we double/triple check with Lightning⊠blah blah blah⊠then, the treefrogs start to chirrup⊠
today, theyâre chirruping like mad⊠and telling us not to be so stupid as to venture outdoorsâŠ
Just had a look as well - love it - now book marked.
Its banging here and some ârainâ, ground dosnât look very wet but I can see the road is darker and oops - a big forked flash nearby Going to turn off now
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I always have a look at Rain Today radar just before we take the mut out for her walk, as we get thunder plumps percolating up around us at this time of the year, itâs always accurate.
Well that equated to a fart in a breeze to be honest. One big flash, several bangs, few drops of liquid and finished. I feel for those poor folks who have been washed away this past couple of weeks, looked terrible on the news reports.