I’m out of the country for a week… and it all goes haywire… 
Well I have a RV at the impôts tomorrow, hope it’s not affected as I have already waited a month to sort out some paperwork. On verra 
No - I am going out for a nice lunch - because that is what you are supposed to do in France!
Not me either.
Protests were a lot more fun in the sixties, with fewer fatalities.
Some years ago, I joined our neighbours and “protested” outside our Prefecture… against the closure of a Class at our school … and others.
Whole new experience for me… thankfully, very peaceful and friendly…some folk played music as they marched with us around the city…
So, no trouble-makers on that occasion, but OH was relieved when I arrived safely back home… 
Took years of constant pressure… but we finally regained that “lost” Class this September… yeah…
I once took part in the protest about Nuclear substances being transported through our small villages. It was held in a local town, it was amazing how many people took part, and how many of them dressed up in ‘hazard clothing’. It was all quite passionate but peaceful… and we won 
This year I took part in the anti 80 kph rallies that were held in our region. Great fun (unless you had to be somewhere in a hurry) with convoys of motorists and bikers being escorted through red lights and roundabouts, followed by a peaceful, but noisy demonstration at the local prefecture. We didn’t win 
And a damned good lunch it was too!
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