I did warn you that there would be no blog yesterday - we were out celebrating with one of the Chinon Two. I have to say that weather-wise, it wasn't really the best day for celebrating. Before we even got to that, we had to brave a cold, moist and windy market to get supplies.
Before settling in to a delicious and copious dinner at the Bistrot de Marché at Chinon, we went on a bit of a wander and café tour - this was in the main square, and a bit moist and windy.
So we moved location to the admirable Café Français and sat indoors, and admired the collection of confinement cartoons by a local chap, many of which had appeared in the Nouvelle Republique. We then strolled on to the Bistrot de Marché, inspecting menus as we went - in many instances, that was actually just an academic exercise as quite a few had signs up saying they were complêt for the evening, even before opening time! I tried to emulate the wonderful sunset scenes that so many friends post at the moment, but failed totally - if you look very closely, you might just spot a chateau on the horizon.
To make up for a day of lotus eating yesterday, this morning was spent working hard on the vegetable plot, while the afternoon has been spent clamped to the computer, working on a report that has to be submitted on Tuesday (so long as it arrives before midnight, that is OK).
Fergus is guarding the strimmer while we do other things - tomorrow there will be a Fergus portrait I think!
But now it is time for Sunday aperos - bring out the Gin!
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