Not Cricket.

Friday 26th October 2018 - Cussac

On Wednesday we said our fond farewells to David and Wendy.  It has been great fun travelling around with them.  We headed to a free aire de camping at a village east of Angouleme called Touvre.  The village didn't have any shops but it served its purpose as it was a 10km cycle ride into Angouleme.  It is a place I have been past many times but I have never been to see what it had to offer.

This is the river in Angouleme looking up to the historic city centre on the hill, where the steeples are.

The cathedral was distinctive and well worth a visit.  We had a nice coffee in the warm sunlight in a old square facing onto the Palais de Justice.

Yesterday we drove to our friend Tim's house in the Limousin countryside.

As normal we were amazed by the tranquility of the place.  It's like a 'Little House on the Prairie'.  We had a lovely welcome and a fantastic macaroni cheese meal, made with garlic and herb roulle cheese.....followed by a few glasses of wine.

Today we have had a lazy day around Tim's house and woodland.

This is his lake!  We picked a few sweet chestnuts for our aperros and made a little friend....

I couldn't get rid of this little cricket, I had to give him the brush off.  We saw a proper grasshopper later that was about four times the size of this chap and proper green coloured.  I suppose the title should have said that it is cricket!  We also collected some mushrooms....

But Tim warned us off trying them.  I think we will take his advice.

Tim has given us some of his chicken's eggs.

They came from Linda and Christine (he has named his chickens after a couple of ex police women).  I never though I would be looking forward to eating police women's eggs!  I better not fully name them.

Tonight we are eating in and a couple of local ex-pats are coming over for a beef bouginon.......I can't wait.

The weather is supposed to be turning cold tomorrow so we are travelling south pretty fast.  Not sure how far or where we will stop but that's part of the excitement of our travels.