France

About a week ago we crossed the channel on the ferry. This was quite exciting as the UK was really an extension of home....they all spoke English...it was not really 'foreign'...Immediately thrown onto a motorway and the time I had been dreading was upon us....it wasn't too bad driving on the wrong side of the road ....even considering the fact that my van had a steering wheel on a different side to everyone else. They drive a bit faster than we do, but no complaints. Our first petrol stop meant approaching a cashier who spoke another language...another hurdle...but once done it became fun to try to say my well practiced phrases. The pics below are a grab from our first week here......we will be here for one month.

The temperature has increased fom abround 9 degrees to 25 degrees and all of a sudden we're getting sunshine everyday....rather than just part of it. The arrows above trace our journey so far.

This our ottage....the slightly lower roof semi-detached on a back lane in the middle od paddocks just outside of a tiny town called St Martin which is on the river Oust

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That's a half a kilo of Brie!